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NOTES  ON 


THE  ALEXANDER  FAMILY  OF  SOUTH  CAROLINA 
AND  GEORGIA  AND  CONNECTIONS 


Copyright,  1954 


Notes  On 


The  Alexander  Family  Of 
South  Carolina  and  Georgia 
And  Connections 


By 

HENRY  AARON  ALEXANDER 


1954 


Notes — on  the  histories  of  the  Alexander  family  of  South  Carolina 
and  Georgia  and  of  other  families  connected  by  marriage. 


Copyright  1954 

By 

Henry  Aaron  Alexander 


EXPLANATION 


The  genealogical  Chart  at  the  beginning  is  followed  by  the  Notes, 
serially  arranged  according  to  the  numerals  in  parentheses  following 
each  name  on  the  Chart,  which  thus  serves  as  Table  of  Contents. 

The  main  purpose  of  the  compiler  is  to  preserve  the  information  he 
has  gathered  concerning  the  Founders  of  the  families  mentioned  and 
their  descendants  no  longer  living. 

After  the  notes,  is  given  a  partial  list  of  the  Names  and  Addresses 
of  the  living  descendants  of  the  Founders.  With  each  name  is  men¬ 
tioned  the  number  on  the  Chart  of  the  Founder  or  Founders  from 
whom  descended.  For  many  such  names  the  full  details  of  descent 
during  the  last  hundred  years  are  not  given,  but  blank  pages  have  been 
left  at  the  end  on  which  each  person  may  write  the  connecting  infor¬ 
mation,  thus  closing  the  gap.  The  compiler  would  like  to  have  a  copy 
of  such  supplements,  for  a  possible  second  edition. 

Thtere  are  five  persons  named  as  “Founders,”  to-wit: 

Joseph  Raphael 

Abraham  Isaacks 

Samson  Mears  1159722 

Asher  Michael  de  Paul 

Joseph  Stegg 

In  the  Notes,  each  of  these  has  a  Founders’  Number  above  his 
name  and  on  the  right  the  serial  number  in  the  Notes  as  follows: 

1. 

Joseph  Raphael  (1) 

2. 

Abraham  Isaacks  (15) 

3. 

Samson  Mears  (19) 

4. 

Asher  Michael  de  Paul  (23) 

5. 

Joseph  Stegg  (31) 

Abbreviations:  The  letter  “P”  in  references  refers  to  “Publications 
of  the  American  Jewish  Historical  Society,”  of  New  York. 

Henry  A.  Alexander 

3440  Peachtree  Rd.,  N.E. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 


Abraham  Alexander,  Sr. 
(1743-1816) 


Henry  Aaron  Alexander 


Aaron  Alexander 
(1812-1876) 


Abraham  Alexander,  Jr. 
(1771-1844) 


Julius  Mortimer 
Alexander 
(1844-1917) 


Henry  Aaron 
Alexander,  Jr. 


JOSEPH  RAPHAEL  (1) 

Mentioned  as  the  father  of  Abraham  Alexander,  Sr.,  in  the 
latter’s  manuscript  Prayer  Book  for  the  High  Holy  Days,  writ¬ 
ten  by  his  own  hand,  according  to  the  custom  of  the  Sephardim,  the 
words  being:  “Abraham  Alexander,  of  Charleston,  South  Carolina, 
son  of  Rabbi  Joseph  Raphael — the  memory  of  the  Righteous  is  a 
blessing.  ”  Second,  in  the  Coming  Street  Cemetery,  Charleston, 
South  Carolina,  on  the  grave  stone  of  his  son,  Judah  Alexander, 
(1742-1804)  “a  native  of  London.”  Third,  on  the  grave  stone  of  his 
son,  Abraham  Alexander  (1743-1816),  in  the  same  cemetery. 

In  December  1932,  the  writer  purchased  from  Hugo  Helbing,  of 
Munich,  Germany,  a  manuscript  treatise  in  Hebrew,  dated  1719, 
on  the  Schechita,  or  ritual  killing  of  animals,  written  by  “Joseph 
Raphael  of  Orviedo,”  a  sopher  or  scrivener.  The  identity  of  name 
and  the  fact  that  Abraham  Alexander,  Sr.  was  himself  a  distinguished 
scrivener  of  Hebrew  suggested  that  his  father  and  the  author  of  the 
manuscript  might  be  the  same  person.  This  manuscript  is  now  in 
possession  of  the  writer. 


ABRAHAM  ALEXANDER,  SENIOR  (2) 

SON  OF  Joseph  Raphael;  his  mother’s  name  not  known. 

Born  in  London,  England,  1743.  Came  to  Charleston,  S.  C. 
about  1760.  Scrivener  and  Hebrew  Scholar.  For  about  twenty  years, 
was  Minister  of  the  Congregation  Beth  Elohim  (House  of  Grod)  of 
Charleston  from  1764  to  1784  without  remuneration,  for  which 
service  his  name  is  mentioned  annually  in  that  Congregation  in  the 
seventh  escaba  (prayer  in  memory  of  the  dead)  on  Yom  Kippur,  the 
Day  of  Atonement.  Constitution  of  1820,  Rule  XX,  reading  as 
follows:  “The  seventh  escaba  shall  be  made  for  Mr.  Abraham 
Alexander,  Sen.,  deceased,  who  volunteered  his  services  to  perform 
Divine  Services.” 

In  “The  South  Carolina  Gazette  and  Public  Advertiser”  of  July 
3,  1784,  is  the  following  marriage  notice: 

“Last  Wednesday  was  married  in  the  16th  year  of  her  age,  at  her 
mother’s  house  near  the  negroes’  burying  ground  in  this  city,  by 
Rabbi  Abraham  Alexander,  Miss  Rachel  de  la  Motta,  a  native  of 
St.  Croix,  to  Mr.  Abraham  De  Pass,  of  Jamaica — ^two  persons  in 
whom  wit,  beauty  and  good  nature,  never  shined  more  conspicuous.” 


Seven 


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TRANSLATION; 

“Order  of  Prayers  for  Rosh  HaShannah  and  Yom  Kippur 
^ccording  to  the  Ritual  of  the  Holy  Congregations  of  the  Sephar¬ 
dim  (Spanish  and  Portuguese  Jews) 

Written  by  my  own  hand, 

Abraham  Alexander,  son  of  the  reverred  Joseph  Raphael  (The 
memory  of  the  Righteous  is  a  Blessing) 

In  the  Holy  Congregation,  Charleston,  South  Carolina, 

Tn  the  Year  5565,  (  1805) 


Abraham  Alexander,  Sr. 
London,  Charleston 


Nine 


1 

i 


“PATRIOTS  OF  BETH  ELOHIM” 

Mural  painted  by  William  Halsey  on  wall  of  Bi-centennial  Tab¬ 
ernacle  of  Congregation  K.  K.  Beth  Elohim,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
Picture  symbolizes  members  of  Beth  Elohim  who  have  served 
in  armed  forces  from  pre-Revolutionary  times  to  present  day. 
Figure  on  horseback  is  Francis  Salvador.  Standing  figure  in  uni¬ 
form  holding  Bible  and  flag  is  Abraham  Alexander,  Revolution¬ 
ary  officer  and  lay  Rabbi  of  Beth  Elohim  1764-1784. 
(“Praise  the  Lord  and  Pass  the  Ammunition") 


Ten 


In  1801,  under  the  direction  of  Count  Alexandre  Francois  Auguste 
de  Grasse-Tilly,  son  of  that  French  Admiral,  whose  fleet  cooperating 
with  Washington’s  Army,  made  possible  the  latter’s  determining  vic¬ 
tory  at  Yorktown,  he  and  eight  other  persons,  4  Jews  and  5  non-Jews 
established  in  Charleston  the  Mother  Council  of  Scottish  Rite  Ma¬ 
sonry,  of  which  he  was  Secretary-General.  The  others  were  Colonel 
John  Mitchell,  Dr.  Frederick  Dalcho,  Emanuel  de  la  Motta,  Major 
T.  B.  Bowen,  Israel  DeLieben,  Dr.  Isaac  Auld,  Moses  C.  Levy  and 
Dr.  James  Moultrie.  ''Annual  Register”  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Per¬ 
fection  of  South  Carolina  for  the  year  5802.  ‘'The  Supreme  Council 
33\”  History  of  Charles  S.  Lobingier,  1931.  Standard  Printing  Co., 
Louisville,  Ky. 

During  the  Revolution  submitted  to  the  British  with  the  rest  of  the 
population  after  the  surrender  of  Charleston,  May  12,  1780.  Later 
took  part  in  the  campaign  in  the  Carolinas  as  Lieutenant  in  Burns 
Troop,  Wade  Hampton’s  Regiment  of  Light  Dragoons,  Sumter’s  Bri¬ 
gade.  His  second  service  was  as  Lieutenant  of  Dragoons  in  Captain 
Wm.  McKenzie’s  Troop,  in  Lieutenant-Colonel  William  Hill’s  Regi¬ 
ment. 

Documentary  evidence  as  follows:  “No.  110  Lib:  M.  Issued  the 
1st  October  1784  to  Mr.  Abraham  Alexander,  late  Lieutenant  in 
McKenzie’s  Troup,  Hill’s  Regiment,  Sumter’s  Brigade,  etc.  for  One 
Hundred  and  forty  one  pounds  Sterling  being  balance  of  pay  and 
Bounty  due  him  for  services  done  in  that  Troop;  together  with  in¬ 
terest  thereon  from  the  first  April  1782  to  date  hereof:  Agreeable 
to  Resolution  of  General  Assembly  of  the  Eleventh  of  March  last— 
L  129-16/  Principal  <£  120.00.  Interest  9-17-4.”  and  “No.  229. 

Lib.  M. 

Issued  the  first  October  1784  to  Mr.  Abraham  Alexander  late  in 
Burn’s  Troop,  W.  Hampton’s  Regiment  Sumter’s  Brigd.  for  ninety- 
four  pounds  Sterling  being  balance  pay  and  bounty  due  him  for 
Services  in  that  troop  together  with  interest  thereon  from  the  first 
April  1782  to  date  hereof:  Agreeable  to  resolution  of  General  As¬ 
sembly  of  the  Eleventh  of  March  last  -£  86.10.8.  Principal 
L  94:0:0 — Interest  6:11:7.” 

Pages  110  and  139  of  “Stub  Entries  to  Indents  issued  in  payment 
of  Claims  against  South  Carolina  growing  out  of  the  Revolution.” 
Books  L  -  N,  by  A.  S.  Salley,  Jr.,  Secretary  of  the  Historical  Commis¬ 
sion  of  South  Carolina.  1910. 

Significant  evidence  of  the  part  played  in  the  Revolution  by  the 
two  closely  connected  Jewish  communities  of  Savannah,  Georgia  and 
Charleston,  S.  C.  is  shown  in  the  letter  dated  March  9,  1781  from 


Eleven 


“FOUNDING  OF  BETH  ELOHIM,  1750” 

Mural  painting  by  William  Halsey  on  wall  of  Bi-centennial  Tab¬ 
ernacle  of  Congregation  K.  K.  Beth  Elohim,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
Figures  (left  to  right):  Isaac  Da  Costa,  Reader;  Michael 
Lazarus,  Secretary;  Joseph  Tobias,  President;  and  Moses  Co¬ 
hen,  Rabbi. 


Twelve 


the  Royal  Governor  Sir  James  Wright  in  Savannah,  to  the  Right 
Honorable  George  Lord  Germaine,  His  Majesty’s  Principal  Secretary 
of  State  in  London,  reading  in  part  as  follows: 

“Savannah  in  Georgia  the  9th 
of  March  1781. 

“On  the  6th  inst.  my  Lord,  I  assented  to  five  Bills  .  .  . 
Another  is  entitled  “An  Act  for  Securing  His  Majesty’s  Gov- 
errnment  and  the  Peace  of  this  Province  and  for  the  more  Ef¬ 
fectual  Protection  of  the  King’s  Loyal  Subjects  here  against  the 
wicked  attempts  and  designs  of  the  Rebels  &  other  Disaffected 
Persons  &  for  other  Purposes  hereinafter  mentioned.” 

“I  judged  it  also  necessary  to  prevent  the  Jews  who  formerly 
resided  here  from  Returning  or  Others  from  Coming  to  settle 
here.  For  these  People,  my  Lord,  were  found  to  a  Man  to  have 
been  violent  Rebels,  &  Persecutors  of  the  King’s  Loyal  Subjects, 

&  however  this  Law  may  appear  at  first  Sight,  be  assured,  my 
Lord,  that  the  times  require  these  Exertions,  &  without  which, 
the  Loyal  Subjects  can  have  no  Peace  or  Security  in  this  Prov¬ 
ince.” 

Colonial  Records  (Candler)  Vol.  38,  pt2,  p.  486. 

Abraham  Alexander’s  name  appears  in  “Heads  of  Families.  First 
Census  of  the  United  States  of  1790  for  the  State  of  South  Carolina,” 
as  being  the  head  of  a  family  living  in  Charleston  District,  St.  Phillips 

and  St.  Michael’s  Parish,  page  41. 

After  the  Revolution,  he  entered  the  service  of  the  new  Govern¬ 
ment  of  the  United  States  in  the  Custom  House  at  Charleston,  where 
he  held  the  office  of  Auditor  from  about  1802  to  1813.  Directories 
of  Charleston,  South  Carolina:  Ne grin’s  1802;  Hr abow ski’s  1809; 
Folker’s  1813. 

Family  tradition  is  that  he  was  Collector  of  the  Port  of  Charleston 
at  the  time  of  his  death;  was  accorded  a  public  funeral  with  flags 
of  the  shipping  in  the  harbor  and  of  the  U.  S.  Custom  House  at 

half  mast. 

His  first  wife  was  an  Englishwoman-inferred  from  the  fact  that 
his  only  son,  Abraham  Alexander,  Jr.,  was  born  in  London. 

His  second  wife  was  a  widow,  Mrs.  Ann  Sarah  Huguenin  Irby,  a 
Protestant  Huguenot  by  birth,  who  became  a  devout  Jewess.  There 
were  no  children  by  this  second  marriage.  See:  Account  of  Ann 
Sarah  Alexander. 

He  died  February  21,  1816,  aged  seventy-three  years,  and  was 
buried  in  the  Coming  Street  Cemetery  in  Charleston.  His  grave- 


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stone,  a  horizontal  slab,  bears  the  inscription  in  Hebrew: 

“Here  lies  the  righteous  elder,  crowned  with  all  good  qualities, 
who  showed  mercy  to  the  poor  from  his  own  means,  and  also 
to  old  age  he  occupied  himself  faithfully  with  good  deeds,  the 
honored  rabbi  Alexander  son  of  Joseph  (Sweet)  Singer  in  Israel. 
His  soul  went  forth  to  God  on  Wednesday,  Shebat  22,  and  he 
was  buried  on  the  next  day,  Thursday,  576,  according  to  the 
abbreviated  reckoning.  The  days  of  his  life  were  73  years. 

May  his  soul  be  bound  up  in  the  bond  of  the  living.” 
and  in  English:  — 

“SACRED  TO  THE  MEMORY 
OF 

ABRM.  ALEXANDER,  Senr. 

A  Native  of  London 
Who  departed  this  life 
The  21st  February  1816 
Aged  73  years 

He  was  a  kind  husband  an  indulgent 
Parent  and  his  loss  was  manifested  by 
the  tears  of  his  Kindred  and  Friends 
A.  M.  5576” 

The  name  Alexander  has  been  used  by  Jews  since  the  year  of 
Alexander  of  Macedon’s  conquest  of  Judea  and  entry  into  Jerusalem 
(332  B.C.),  when  because  of  his  favorable  treatment,  it  was  decided 
that  all  males  born  that  year  should  be  given  the  name  Alexander. 
Shemita.  It  frequently  appears  as  a  Jewish  name  at  the  beginning  of 
the  Christian  era:  Mark  15,  21;  Acts  4,  6;  19,  33;  I  Tim.  1,  20; 

II  Tim.  4,  14,  Josephus,  Antiquities  of  the  Jews,  and  amon»  the  names 
of  Hasmonean  kings. 

O 


Relics: 

1.  Miniature  painted  by  Lawrence  Sully.  Owned  by  Mrs.  Thomas 
J.  Tobias,  Sr.,  of  Charleston,  S.  C.  Loaned  to  and  on  exhibition  in 
the  Gibbes’  Memorial  Art  Gallery  of  Charleston,  S.  C. 

2.  Manuscript  Prayer  Book  for  Rosh  Hashanah,  (New  Year)  and 
Yom  Kippur  (Day  of  Atonement),  stating  on  the  front  pa^e:  “Ac¬ 
cording  to  the  custom  of  the  Holy  Congregations  of  the  Sephardim 
(Spanish  and  Portuguese  Jews)  written  by  his  own  hand,  Abraham 
Alexander  son  of  Rabbi  Joseph  Raphael  (the  memory  of  the  riahteous 
IS  a  blessing).  Written  in  Charleston,  South  Carolina  in  the  year 

180^.”  This  book  is  now  the  property  of  Cecil  Abraham  Alexander 
Jr.,  ot  Atlanta,  Georgia.  ’ 


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3.  China  plate  brought  from  England.  Owned  by  the  writer. 

4.  Heavy  walking  cane,  gold  headed.  Owned  by  the  writer. 

5.  Letter  to  Aaron  Alexander,  Esq.,  grandson  of  Abraham  Alex¬ 
ander,  Sr.,  dated  Charleston,  S.  C.,  July  25,  1874,  from  Wilmot  G. 
De  Saussure,  written  at  the  request  of  General  Albert  Pike,  a  dis¬ 
tinguished  figure  in  Scottish  Rite  Masonry,  in  which  he  requested  in¬ 
formation  regarding  Abraham  Alexander,  Sr.  In  possession  of  writer. 


ANN  SARAH  HUGUENIN  ALEXANDER  (3) 

SECOND  WIFE  of  Abraham  Alexander,  Sr.,  whom  she  married  on 
Monday,  14th  day  of  Tebeth  5545  (December  26,  1784).  This 
fact  is  shown  by  the  Ketuba  (certificate  of  marriage),  a  copy  of 
which  is  in  the  writer’s  possession  made  from  the  original,  which  was 
the  property  of  Mrs.  Henry  Mosler,  (born  Kate  Magnus)  of  Cincin¬ 
nati,  Ohio,  also  a  descendant.  The  contracting  parties  are  described  as 
“Alexander  son  of  Joseph”  and  the  widow,  Sarah,  “daughter  of 
Abraham.” 

She  was  born  Ann  Sarah  Huguenin.  She  was  married  to  a  Mr. 
Irby  and  was  his  widow  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  to  Abraham 
Alexander,  Sr. 

This  marriage  was  the  culmination  of  an  acquaintance  begun  dur¬ 
ing  his  military  service  as  an  officer  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  The 
account  came  to  the  writer  through  his  great  aunts.  Miss  Catherine 
Alexander,  Mrs.  Rebecca  Alexander  Magnus  and  Mrs.  Rachel  Alex¬ 
ander  Cohen,  whom  he  knew  as  a  boy.  After  her  husband’s  death 
in  1816,  she  lived  in  Charleston  with  her  step-son,  Abraham  Alex¬ 
ander,  Jr.,  and  his  family  for  a  period  of  nineteen  years  until  her 
death  in  1835.  During  this  period  of  19  years,  she  was  dwelling  in 
the  same  house  with  her  step-grandchildren,  the  children  of  Abra¬ 
ham  Alexander,  Jr.  Among  them  were  Rachel,  Catherine  and  Re¬ 
becca.  Rachel  Alexander  Cohen  was  born  December  8,  1817  and 
died  November  22,  1888,  and  was,  therefore,  18  years  of  age  when 
her  step-grandmother  died.  Catherine  Alexander  was  born  in  1820 
and  died  in  1885  and  was  therefore  15  years  of  age  when  her  step- 
grandmother  died.  Rebecca  Alexander  Magnus  was  born  May  27, 
1823  and  died  April  22,  1892,  and  was,  therefore,  12  years  of  age 
when  her  step-grandmother  died — all  being  of  sufficient  age  to  have 
remembered  the  statements  of  their  step-grandmother,  who  had 
lived  during  and  seen  the  Revolution. 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Alexander  Magnus  was  herself  not  unfamiliar  with 
war,  her  husband,  Saul  Magnus,  having  been  killed  in  the  battle  of 


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Resaca  in  1864.  The  son  of  her  sister,  Henrietta  Alexander,  Alex¬ 
ander  Marcus  Hilziem  was  mortally  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Ken- 
•  nesaw  Mountain  in  1864.  Another  sister,  Eleanor  Alexander  Gold¬ 
smith,  had  two  sons  killed  in  the  Atlanta  campaign  in  1864,  Michael 
Myers  Goldsmith  and  Isaac  Goldsmith. 

Ann  Sarah  Alexander  was  strictly  observant  of  Jewish  law  and 
custom  and  was  said  to  have  been  the  most  pious  member,  accord¬ 
ing  to  family  report.  Despite  the  request  in  her  will  for  burial  in  the 
Jewish  cemetery  in  Charleston,  the  tradition  is,  it  was  denied  by  the 
authorities  of  the  Synagogue  because  of  some  alleged  omission  or 
defect  in  the  ceremony  of  conversion.  The  writer  has  made  unsuc¬ 
cessful  efforts  to  locate  her  grave  in  Charleston.  She  was  deeply 
attached  to  her  step-grandchildren  and  was  a  potent  influence  in 
their  lives. 

She  died  in  1835.  Her  will,  which  was  probated  on  December  15, 
1835  and  recorded  in  book  H  at  pages  173-174,  Record  of  Wills 
Charleston  County,  S.  C.,  reads  as  follows: 

18  US 
No.  6 

State  of  South  Carolina 

City  of  Charleston.  In  the  name  of  God  Amen.  I,  Ann  Sarah 
Alexander,  widow  of  Charleston,  being  sick  and  weak  in  body,  but 
of  sound  and  disposing  mind,  memory  and  understanding,  Praise  be 
God  for  the  same,  and  considering  the  certainty  of  death  and  the 
uncertainty  of  the  time  thereof,  and  to  the  end  that  I  may  be  better 
prepared  to  leave  this  world,  whenever  it  shall  please  God  to  call  me 
hence,  do  therefore  make  and  declare  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament, 
m  manner  and  form  following,  that  is  to  say,  first  and  principally,  I 
commend  my  soul  into  the  hands  of  the  Almighty  God  of  Israel  my 
Creator,  and  my  body  I  commit  to  the  Earth  at  the  discretion  of  my 
executors.  Item.  My  desire  is  that  I  may  be  buried  in  the  Congrega¬ 
tional  Burial  Ground  of  Kahal  Kadosh  Beth  Elohim  of  this^  city, 
with  as  little  expense  as  decency  will  permit,  and  that  my  debts  and 
Funeral  expenses  be  paid  as  soon  after  my  decease  as  conveniently 
may  be.  Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  son  in  law 
Abraham  Alexander,  in  trust  (as  a  separate  estate  and  not  to  be  in 
any  wise  liable  to  his  debts  or  contracts)  for  his  wife  Hannah  Alex¬ 
ander,  during  her  natural  life,  all  my  personal  estate,  consisting  of 
Household  furniture,  Plate,  Jewels,  and  all  other  articles  whatsoever, 
that  may  belonging  to  me  at  the  time  of  my  decease.  Item.  I  also 
give  and  bequeath  unto  Abraham  Alexander  in  trust  for  his  wife 
Hannah  Alexander,  my  negro  woman  Flora  with  her  four  children, 
Amelia,  Sophia,  Adam  and  Thomas,  together  with  the  future  issue 


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and  and  increase  of  the  Females  during  her,  the  will,  that  the  said 
negroes  be  employed  in  some  profitable  way  as  may  be  agreed  on 
by  my  executors,  until  the  youngest  of  the  children  of  Abraham  and 
Hannah  Alexander,  hereafter  named  shall  be  and  arrive  at  the  age 
of  twenty-one  years,  when  the  said  negroes  together  with  the  income 
arriving  from  them,  shall  be  equally  divided  between  Frances  Joseph, 
Henrietta  Alexander  now  Nauman,  Sarah  Alexander,  Eleanor  Alex¬ 
ander,  Rachel  Alexander,  Catherine  Alexander,  Rebecca  Alexander, 
Aaron  Alexander,  Alexander  Alexander,  &  Judah  Alexander  share 
and  share  alike.  Item.  I  do  hereby  nominate  and  appoint  Abraham 
Alexander  and  William  Nauman  Executors  of  this  my  will  and  do 
hereby  make  and  forever  annul  any  and  all  wills  heretofore  made  by 
me.  Signed  and  sealed  and  declared  as  my  last  Will  and  Testament 
at  Charleston  this  twenty  fourth  day  of  January  in  the  year  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty  two. 

Ann  Sarah  Alexander 
/LS/ 

Signed,  sealed  and  declared  by  Ann  Sarah  Alexander,  as  her  last 
Will  and  Testament  in  presence  of  us,  who  here  in  the  presence  of 
each  other  subscribed  our  names  as  witnesses  thereto,  at  her  request, 
the  words  “now  Nauman”  being  first  interlined. 

John  R.  Horsey 
Abel  Pierson 
Morris  Goldsmith 

Proved  before  Thomas  Lehre  O.  C.  T.D.  on  the  fifteenth  day  of 
December  1835,  at  the  same  time  qualified  Abraham  Alexander 
Executor  therein  named. 

Exd. 

T.  L. 

Recorded  in  book  H.  at  pages  1 73-1 74  Record  of  Wills  Charleston 
County,  South  Carolina. 

Letters  testamentary  to  Abraham  Alexander  issued  15th  day  of 
December  1835  by  Thomas  Lehre. 

Recorded  in  Book  R.  (1834-1840)  at  page  194  (not  indexed) 
Letters  Testamentary. 

Inventory  and  Appraisement  of  the  Personal  Estate  of  Ann  Sarah 
Alexander  late  of  Charleston,  widow,  shown  Abraham  Alexander, 
Ex’or  the  21st  Dec.  1835. 

6  Negroes  $15000.  2  sets  Drawers  $10.  1  do  table  $10.  Beds 
&  Bedstead  $20.  Chairs  $1.50.  $15,041.50. 

I.  I.  Gildere,  Jacob  Shiter,  Thomas  Wallace 
(Book  “Inventory  Book”  H  page  188 
(1834-1845) 


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ABRAHAM  ALEXANDER,  JUNIOR  (4) 

Born  in  London,  England,  1771.  Married  August  26,  1801  to 
Hannah  Aaron  van  Blitz,  daughter  of  Levy  Aaron  van  Blitz  of 
Black  Mingo,  S.  C.  and  granddaughter  of  Emanuel  Aaron  van  Blitz 
of  Haarlem,  Netherlands.  Naturalized  September  4,  1798  as  an 
American  citizen  in  the  Federal  District  Court  of  South  Carolina  by 
Judge  Thomas  Bee.  Died  in  Charleston,  S.  C.  December  19,  1844, 
and  buried  by  the  side  of  his  wife  in  Coming  Street  Cemetery  in 
Charleston.  His  horizontal  gravestone  inscription  is  as  follows: 

SACRED 

To  the  Memory  of 
Mr.  Abraham  Alexander 
a  native  of  London 
who  departed  this  life 
on  19  December  1844 
Aged  73 

He  died  deeply  lamented  by  his  widow 
and  numerous  offspring.  May  the  God 
of  Israel  receive  his  soul  in  bliss. 

His  children  were: 

Frances,  married  Joseph  Joseph  of  Georgetown. 

Henrietta,  married  (1)  William  Nauman,  (2)  Marcus  Hilziem. 
Sarah 

Eleanor,  married  Moses  Goldsmith  of  Charleston. 

Rachel,  married  Joseph  Cohen  of  Rome,  Georgia. 

Catherine 

Rebecca,  married  Saul  Magnus. 

Aaron  married  Sarah  Moses  of  Charleston. 

Alexander,  married  out  of  the  Faith. 

Judah,  married  out  of  the  Faith. 

He  was  a  hardware  merchant  in  Charleston.  An  account  of  him, 
given  the  writer  by  Mr.  Solomon  S.  Solomons  of  Charleston,  de¬ 
scribed  him  as  being  fond  of  English  literature.  He  used  to  read  in 
his  store  during  business  hours,  and  showed  so  much  annoyance  and 
irritation  when  interrupted  by  customers  that  it  nearly  broke  up  his 
business.  His  daguerreotype  shows  him  of  typical  British  appearance, 
strong  and  sullen. 

On  November  1,1815,  Abraham  Alexander  entered  into  a  business 
partnership  with  Israel  Solomons  of  Georgetown,  S.  C.  for  a  period 
of  live  years,  and  which  was  continued  by  mutual  agreement  until 
November  1,  1822,  a  period  of  seven  years.  At  the  time  Abraham 


Kii*hteeti 


Alexander  was  living  in  Charleston  and  Israel  Solomons  in  George¬ 
town.  The  former  furnished  the  merchandise  and  the  latter  con¬ 
tributed  his  full  time  and  attention.  The  two  men  were  cousins 
through  relations  in  Holland.  A  copy  of  the  original  articles  of 
partnership,  witnessed  by  T.  F.  Gue,  is  in  the  possession  of  the 
writer.  The  writer  also  has  in  his  possession  letters  to  his  wife,  Mrs. 
Hannah  Alexander  in  Charleston  written  in  Georgetown.  The  first 
dated  May  20,  1818  and  sent  by  hand  of  Mr.  Abm.  Isaacs,  and  the 
second,  dated  May  22,  1822.  His  residence,  of  which  the  writer  - 
owns  a  painting,  was  in  St.  Philips  Street  and  his  place  of  business 
on  the  west  side  of  King  Street,  two  doors  north  of  Mary  Street. 
Directory  for  Neck,  1881,  Charleston,  by  Morris  Goldsmith. 

Throughout  his  life  he  was  an  active  member  of  the  Congregation 
Beth  Elohim  and  of  the  Hebrew  Orphan  Society  of  Charleston. 


AARON  ALEXANDER  (5) 

Eldest  son  of  Abraham  Alexander,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Charleston, 
S.  C.,  March  7,  1812,  died  in  Atlanta,  Georgia,  June  1,  1876 
and  was  buried  in  the  Coming  Street  Cemetery  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 
He  was  married  to  Sarah  Moses,  daughter  of  Isaiah  and  Rebecca 
Moses  on  October  5,  1836,  in  Charleston,  S.  C.  They  had  nine 
children,  only  three  of  whom  lived  beyond  infancy.  Those  who 
survived  were  Joseph  Albert,  Jacob  Clarence  and  Julius  Mortimer. 

Shortly  after  his  marriage,  Aaron  Alexander  moved  to  Vicksburg, 
Miss.,  where  he  lived  a  short  time.  From  Vicksburg  he  moved  to 
Athens,  Georgia,  where  he  was  in  the  drug  business  for  several 
years,  and  where  his  children,  Julius  Mortimer,  Cecilia  and  Henry 
Eugene  were  born.  About  1847,  he  made  his  first  journey  to  Atlanta 
and  in  1848  moved  his  family  there.  He  lived  first  on  Whitehall 
Street  on  the  East  side  between  Hunter  and  Mitchell  Streets.  He 
was  in  the  drug  business  in  Atlanta.  He  next  moved  this  business  to 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  His  business  there  failed  and  he  was  imprisoned 
for  debt  in  Moyamensing  Prison  in  Philadelphia.  His  wife,  Sarah, 
with  their  three  children  promptly  moved  into  the  prison  with  him 
and  there  remained  until  he  finally  succeeded  in  securing  his  release. 
He  then  moved  back  to  Georgia,  settling  in  Columbus  where  the 
family  lived  during  the  Civil  War.  From  Columbus  he  moved  back 
to  Atlanta,  where  he  died  in  1876  at  the  age  of  64,  one  of  the 
wealthier  men  of  the  city.  “Moyamensing!”  is  the  private  battle  cry 
of  the  Alexander  clan. 

When  Aaron  Alexander  moved  to  Atlanta  in  1848  its  population 


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was  about  1500.  In  1954,  it  is  estimated  at  740,000. 

In  the  United  States  Census  of  1850,  DeKalb  County,  Georgia 
(information  as  of  June  1,  1850)  Aaron  Alexander  and  his  family 
are  listed  as  follows: 


Name  Place  of 


Age 

Sex 

Occupation 

birth 

Alexander,  Aaron 

2>1 

M 

Engineer 

S.  C. 

Alexander,  Sarah 

33 

F 

s.  c. 

Alexander,  J.  A. 

13 

M 

s.  c. 

Alexander,  J.C. 

8 

M 

s.  c. 

Alexander,  Julius 

6 

M 

Georgia 

Alexander,  Julia 

5/12 

F 

S.  C. 

Aaron  Alexander  was  not  an  engineer  by  education,  but,  like 
numbers  of  pioneer  leaders  of  Atlanta,  first  established  himself  in 
the  service  of  the  railroads,  the  vital  factor  of  the  city. 

In  1849  he  erected  his  home  on  the  east  side  of  Peachtree  Street 
at  number  163,  betwen  Cain  and  Harris.  The  lot  was  100'  x  400' 
running  back  to  Ivy  Street.  He  built  two  dwellings  on  the  Ivy  Street 
frontage.  One  of  these  was  rented  for  a  number  of  years  to  Asa 
G.  Candler.  He  sold  his  home  when  he  moved  to  Philadelphia  and  re¬ 
bought  it  when  he  returned.  It  was  pierced  by  shells  in  the  bombard¬ 
ment  of  Atlanta  during  the  Civil  War.  It  was  occupied  by  members 
of  the  family  until  184prwhen  Julius  M.  Alexander,  the  last  occupant 
of  the  family,  moved  to  the  home  he  had  built  at  49  Forrest  Avenue. 

“Civil  War”  is  used  because  of  the  way  the  Alexanders  felt  about 
General  John  B.  (Ramrod)  Gordon,  who  used  the  term  in  the  title 
of  his  “Reminisences  of  the  Civil  War.”  “Ramrod”  referred  to  the  way 
he  sat  on  his  horse  in  battle. 

The  lot  on  Peachtree  Street  was  bought  from  William  Ezzard,  Ad¬ 
ministrator  of  Alston  H.  Green,  the  sale  being  completed  June  29, 
1850.  Consideration  $150.00.  When  he  left  Atlanta  for  Philadelphia, 
he  sold  to  Dr.  J.  P.  Logan,  June  4,  1859.  Deed  Book  D,  page  13, 
DeKalb  County  Records.  Consideration  $4,100.00.  When  he  re¬ 
turned  to  Georgia,  Dr.  Logan  conveyed  the  place  to  A.  J.  Brady  as 
trustee  for  Mrs.  Sarah  Alexander.  The  deed  dated  September  29, 
1862  is  recorded  in  Deed  Book  G,  page  323,  DeKalb  County  Rec¬ 
ords.  In  1909,  this  lot  was  sold  by  Julius  M.  Alexander  and  the 
heirs  of  Joseph  A.  Alexander  for  $70,000.00.  Now  occupied  by 
the  Norris  Building. 

He  was  the  owner  at  one  time  of  a  part  of  the  City  Hall  site  at 
the  Northwest  corner  of  Forsyth  and  Marietta  Streets,  conveying  it 
in  1873  to  Chamberlin,  Boynton  &  Co.  He  also  owned  the  Northwest 


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Moyamensing  Prison,  Philadelphia 


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ATLANTA  ROLLING  MILLS 
Aaron  Ai  kxander,  an  incorporator 


Lieut.  Gen.  John  B.  (Ramrod)  Gordon,  C.S.A. 


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corner  of  Peachtree  and  Auburn  Avenue.  A  part  was  condemned 
for  about  $16,000  by  the  city  for  the  widening  of  Auburn  Avenue. 

C.  M.  Hopkin’s  map  of  the  City  of  Atlanta  in  1878  gives  the 
names  of  his  neighbors:  In  the  same  block  were  Fleming,  Hancock, 
C.  A.  Larendon,  W.  R.  Hill,  John  A.  Stevens,  Mrs.  Curry  and  Mrs. 
White.  In  the  square  across  the  street  were  Mrs.  W.  Peck,  Er 
Lawshe,  N.  J.  Hammond,  H.  Inman,  C.  H.  Strong,  J.  Goldsmith. 

In  the  square  to  the  North  were  Judge  Logan  E.  Bleckley,  Peter 
Lynch,  R.  C.  Mitchell,  N.  R.  Fowler,  H.  D.  Doherty  and  Mrs. 
White.  Russell  C.  Mitchell,  who  had  fought  under  Gen.  John  B. 
Gordon,  was  the  father  of  Eugene  M.  and  Gordon  F.  Mitchell  and 
the  grandfather  of  Stephen  and  Margaret  Mitchell,  author  of  “Gone 
With  the  Wind.”  In  the  square  across  Peachtree  to  the  Northwest 
were  Mrs.  Duncan,  Senator  Benjamin  H.  Hill,  James  R.  Wyly  and 
F.  P.  Rice.  In  the  square  diagonally  across  Peachtree  to  the  southwest 
was  the  Governor’s  Mansion. 

When  Aaron  Alexander  came  to  Atlanta  the  second  time,  he  was 
heavily  in  debt  through  his  failure  in  Philadelphia.  Through  the 
forbearance  of  his  creditors  and  Sheriff  J.  D.  Perkerson  of  Fulton 
County,  and  his  own  energy  and  courage,  he  succeeded  finally  in 
paying  all  the  judgments  against  him,  which  today  are  marked 
“satisfied”  on  the  Execution  Dockets  of  the  county.  He  was  a 
partner  in  the  immediately  successful  hardware  business  of  his  two 
sons,  Julius  M.  and  Jacob  Clarence  (“Cooch”)  Alexander,  established 
in  1865,  which  interest  he  bequeathed  to  his  wife.  He  was  also  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Atlanta  Mining  &  Rolling  Mill,  incorporated 
March  9,  1866.  The  incorporators  were:  John  D.  Grant,  Allen  Ken¬ 
nedy,  Aaron  Alexander,  and  Wm.  C.  Gray.  Authorized  capital  stock 
$200,000.00  to  $500,000.00.  It  was  an  extensive  plant  on  Marietta 
Street  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and  reconditioning  of  railroad  rails. 
See:  E.  Y.  Clarke’s  History  of  Atlanta  (1877),  in  which  appears  a 
wood  cut  of  the  plant  on  page  107. 

Aaron  Alexander  was  a  Whig  and  opposed  secession  and  so  re¬ 
mained  throughout  the  Civil  War,  being  strongly  pro-Union.  Never¬ 
theless  when  Georgia  was  invaded,  he  sent  his  sons  into  the  Confed¬ 
erate  Army  and  charged  them  to  do  their  duty. 

The  following  letter  was  written  to  Mrs.  Aaron  Alexander  (Sarah 
Moses)  in  Columbus,  Georgia,  three  days  before  Lee’s  surrender 
at  Appomattox,  and  ten  days  before  the  battle  fought  at  the  river 
bridge  in  Columbus  in  which  his  son  Julius  M.  Alexander  par¬ 
ticipated: 


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“Lake  City,  Fla.,  Apl.  6th,  1865 


“My  dear  Wife: 

I  sent  you  a  message  by  Capt.  Stapler  from  Tallahassee  as  I 
could  not  procure  paper  to  write,  he  no  doubt  has  given  all  in¬ 
formation  about  me  as  I  requested  him  to  call  and  see  you  in 
person. 

“It  is  mere  chance  my  having  this  paper.  Mr.  Epping  is  with 
us  bound  on  a  similar  mission,  and  he  kindly  furnished  me,  after 
we  had  perambulated  this  beautiful  place  calling  on  every  store 
for  writing  material  without  being  able  to  procure  any. 

“Please  report  him  to  his  family  as  being  quite  well.  I  am  glad 
to  have  him  as  a  traveling  companion,  particularly  as  we  will 
pass  the  time  together,  and  if  unsuccessful  return  home  in  com¬ 
pany.  A  trip  down  Chattahoochee  is  always  monotonous,  it  was 
rendered  more  so  on  this  occasion  by  detention,  we  were  de¬ 
layed  all  night  at  Eufaula  by  the  boat  breaking  a  portion  of 
her  wheel. 

“1  took  advantage  of  the  time  we  remained  to  visit  the 
families  of  my  Brothers,  they  were  glad  to  see  me  and  were 
both  at  the  landing  awaiting  my  arrival. 

“I  suppose  Cooch  (Jacob  Clarence  Alexander)  mentioned  he 
met  our  boat,  as  he  fell  on  getting  aboard  her.  I  felt  uneasy  he 
had  hurt  himself,  until  Mrs.  Dessau  informed  me  he  had  upon 
regaining  the  Mist  waved  his  hand  and  laughed  at  his  mishap. 
I  really  felt  like  returning  until  she  gave  me  that  assurance. 

“It  seems  delays  attended  us  at  every  step  for  after  being 
detained  on  the  River,  we  were  two  days  at  Tallahassee,  even 
we  had  to  get  permits  from  the  Confederate  authorities  to  pass 
our  pickets.  To  obtain  great  boon,  I  had  to  make  a  contract  with 
the  agent  of  the  Confd  Govt  to  bring  in  supplies  for  the  use  of 
the  Govt  which  is  to  be  paid  for  in  cotton  at  1  '3c  the  price 
for  it  in  New  York  with  a  permit  for  its  exportation.  I  have  so 
far  managed  satisfactorily  and,  if  it  were  not  for  these  delays 
would  have  reason  to  be  satisfied  with  the  progress  of  things, 
as  if  1  am  admitted  by  the  Yankies  everything  can  be  arranged 
satisfactorily  and  we  leave  here  on  Monday  for  Baldwin  which  is 
forty  miles  from  here  to  go  to  Jacksonville  by  flag  of  truce  as 
ordered  by  Gen'l  Irvin  through  his  adjutant  it  remains  to  be 
seen  whether  we  will  be  admitted,  if  not  I  will  leave  for  home 
in  double  quick  if  I  can.  I  can't  say  when  I  will  be  back,  but 
be  assured,  as  early  as  possible  as  home  has  great  charms  for 
me,  for  it  is  there  1  find  you  my  dear  Companion  for  near  thirty 
years  and  in  your  society  and  that  of  our  children  I  find  charm 
no  other  place  can  furnish,  do  not  be  uneasy  about  me,  as  the 


T  wentx-six 


route  to  be  taken  is  perfectly  secure  &  we  are  guarded  going 
out  and  coming  back  as  a  flag  of  truce  accompanies  us  both 
ways. 

“I  saw  Francis  and  Prince  (former  servants  of  the  family)  at 
Chattahoochee.  They  are  both  dissatisfied,  the  former  said  he 
would  remain  only  a  month,  as  he  did  not  wish  to  have  no  other 
business  to  do  than  to  clean  mules,  and  he  was  not  permitted 
to  drive,  he  had  not  been  out  of  the  town,  which  is  about  one 
hundred  yards  in  extent,  the  white  man  monopolized  the  driving 
and  received  all  the  pay.  From  the  way  the  man  spoke,  I  con¬ 
cluded  the  teams  and  wagons  were  his  bona  fide  property — his 
name  is  Bright,  you  will  report  this  to  Ezra  (Ezra  Moses, 
brother-in-law),  and  add  that  I  think  he  will  be  lucky  if  his 
mules  are  not  impressed,  as  the  Govt  have  supplies  on  some 
River  in  the  state  and  they  can  only  be  hauled  away  by  wagon 
and  I  do  not  see  how  they  can  be  obtained  except  by  impress¬ 
ment,  give  him  this  information  as  a  caution— he  can  govern 
himself  accordingly. 

“I  have  heard  all  the  disastrous  news  about  the  fall  of  Rich¬ 
mond,  burning  of  Selma,  etc.  If  I  am  only  successful  all  will  be 
well  with  us,  therefore  I  am  prepared  to  Brave  all  and  Dare  all. 
Something  has  to  be  done  and  I  shall  make  the  attempt.  Keep 
up  your  spirits  for  the  same  good  God  who  has  hitherto  pro¬ 
tected  us,  will,  I  hope  and  believe,  still  extend  His  kindness  to 
us  in  all  our  ways.  If  I  did  not  regard  it  as  a  last  hope,  I  would 
not  leave  home  with  all  its  endearments  to  travel  in  these  wilds 
and  submit  to  all  sorts  of  privations,  but,  nothing  venture, 
nothing  have  and  my  motto  is  and  shall  be  Tress  onward.’ 

“I  may  be  a  long  time  before  you  hear  from  me  as  we  leave 
here  Monday  morning,  and  if  I  get  in,  you  know  how  difficult 
it  is  to  send  letters  out,  but  I  shall  not  let  any  opportunity  pass 
without  writing,  but  keep  your  spirits  up  as  the  result  if  success¬ 
ful  is  worth  all  the  trouble. 

“Tell  Isaac  (Isaac  I.  Moses,  brother-in-law)  I  am  as  much 
determined  as  ever  to  go  on.  Say  to  him  Capt.  McAllister  is 
here,  and  I  expect  will  go  out  at  Fernandina,  or  with  us. 

“Give  my  love  to  Rosa,  to  Jake,  July,  Theodore  if  at  home  and 
remember  me  kindly  to  the  servants,  and  now  commending  you 
to  the  care  of  our  heavenly  Father  I  am  as  ever 
Your  devoted  and  afft  husband, 

A.  Alexander 

“Mrs.  Dessau  is  well  and  stands  the  trip  like  a  heroine.  Send 
a  message  to  her  family.” 


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Though  devoid  of  musical  talent  or  knowledge,  the  Alexanders 
have  always  liked  to  sing,  particularly  in  the  bath  tub.  These  notes 
would  be  incomplete  without  reference  to  certain  pieces  in  their  bath 
tub  repertoire  which  have  been  handed  down  through  generations: 

“Constitution  and  Guerriere  1812,”  “Villikins  and  his  Dinah,” 
“Casta  Diva,”  “Dio  Spiegasti,”  and  later:  “Snagtooth  Sal.”  The  first 
of  these  is  reproduced  here: 

Oft-times  it  has  been  told 
How  the  British  seamen  bold 
Could  flog  the  tars  of  France 
So  neat  and  handy,  oh! 

And  they  never  found  their  match 
Till  the  Yankees  did  ’em  catch — - 
Oh,  the  Yankee  boys,  for  fighting 
Are  the  dandy,  oh! 

The  Guerriere,  a  frigate  bold, 

On  the  foamy  ocean  rolled. 

Commanded  by  proud  Dacres — 

The  grandee,  oh! 

With  as  choice  a  British  crew 
As  a  rammer  ever  drew— - 
They  could  flog  the  Frenchmen 
Two  to  one,  so  handy,  oh! 

When  the  Constitution  hove  in  view. 

Says  proud  Dacres  to  his  crew, 

“Come,  clear  the  ship  for  action. 

And  be  handy,  oh! 

“To  the  weather  gage  now  get  her. 

And  to  make  our  men  fight  better. 

Give  them  to  drink  gunpowder, 

Mixed  with  brandy,  oh!” 

The  British  shot  flew  hot 
Which  the  Yankees  answered  not 
Till  they  got  within  the  distance 
They  called  handy,  oh. 

Then  the  first  broadside  we  poured 
Carried  their  mainmast  by  the  board — 

Which  made  their  lofty  frigate 
Look  abandoned,  oh! 


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Our  second  told  so  well 
That  their  fore  and  mizzen  fell, 
Which  downed  the  royal  ensign 
So  handy,  oh! 

Then  proud  Dacres  came  on  board 
To  deliver  up  his  sword — 

Loath  was  he  to  part  with  it, 

Twas  so  handy,  oh! 

“Oh,  keep  your  sword,”  says  Hull, 
“If  it  only  makes  you  dull, — 

Come!  cheer  up,  and  let’s  have 
A  little  brandy,  oh!” 

Then  fill  your  glasses  full 
And  we’ll  drink  to  Captain  Hull, 
And  merrily  we’ll  push  about 
The  brandy,  oh! 

John  Bull  may  toast  his  fill. 

Let  the  world  say  what  it  will. 

But  the  Yankee  boys  for  fighting 
Are  the  dandy,  oh! 


H!  sic 


In  the  bitterness  that  followed  the  Civil  War,  Aaron  Alexander, 
and  his  sons,  like  General  Lee,  General  Gordon,  Senator  Hill,  Henry 
W.  Grady,  and  Joel  Chandler  Harris,  hoped  and  worked  for  recon¬ 
ciliation. 

Among  the  friendly  overtures  made  by  General  George  G.  Meade 
of  Gettysburg,  commanding  the  Federal  troops  in  Atlanta  during 
Reconstruction  was  a  series  of  band  concerts  which  he  tendered 
leading  citizens.  The  crack  band  from  the  Federal  Barracks  in  West 


End  would  march  playing  down  Whitehall  St.  to  Peachtree  and  out 
Peachtree  to  the  residence  of  the  citizen  who  was  to  be  com¬ 
plimented  and  taking  position  in  Peachtree  Street  in  front  would 


play  tor  hours,  rendering  such  pieces  as  the  Atlantan  complimented 
had  selected,  and  interrupted  at  intervals  by  suitable  refreshments 
for  the  band.  This  was  told  me  by  Fred  Wedemeyer,  deputy  tax 
collector,  whose  father  was  the  bandmaster,  and  who  remembered 


tagging  along  as  a  boy  and  hearing  a  concert  given  in  front  of  Aaron 
Alexander's  residence  at  163  Peachtree.  There  is  little  doubt  in  the 
writer's  mind  that  on  this  occasion,  among  other  pieces  the  Alexander 
bath  tub  repertoire  was  selected  and  rang  out,  superbly  played,  over 
Peachtree  Street. 


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General  Meade  made  other  friendly  moves,  including  direct  as¬ 
saults  on  the  feminine  hearts  of  Atlanta.  He  himself  led  the  attack 
in  person  by  attentions  to  a  prominent  Atlanta  lady  with  whom 
he  was  often  seen  driving  up  and  down  Peachtree  Street  in  an 
elegant  victoria  drawn  by  two  magnificent  horses.  A  score  or  more 
of  young  unmarried  army  officers  recently  graduated  from  West  Point 
Military  Academy,  carefully  instructed  at  the  Point  in  how  to  dance 
and  what  to  do  in  the  presence  of  ladies,  were  ordered  to  do  their  duty. 
Atlanta  was  rocked  to  its  very  foundations  when  the  news  broke  that 
Maggie  Poole,  a  reigning  belle  and  noted  for  her  abhorrence  of  Yan¬ 
kees,  was  going  to  marry  Major  Wm.  H.  Smyth,  commander  of  the 
provost  guard. 

Captain  Frank  O.  Briggs,  later  U.  S.  Senator  from  New  Jersey 
and  president  of  the  John  A.  Roebling’s  Sons  Co.  of  Trenton,  New 
Jersey  was  one  of  the  young  West  Point  officers  in  Atlanta  under 
General  Meade.  Through  these  old  associations,  some  25  years  later, 
the  writer  received  from  Senator  Briggs  one  of  his  first  important 
cases  when  he  began  the  practice  of  law,  a  connection  that  continued 
until  recently  when  the  Roebling  Company  retired  and  sold  out  to  the 
Colorado  Fuel  and  Iron  Company. 

The  following  letter  from  Dr.  A.  K.  Smith,  a  surgeon  in  one  of  the 
occupying  regiments,  later  going  west  for  the  Indian  troubles,  was 
written  to  his  friend  of  those  days,  Aaron  Alexander: 

Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico 
July  22d,  1873 

My  dear  old  Friend, 

As  I  was  sitting  in  my  office  today,  listening  to  the  everlast¬ 
ing  chiming  of  the  Cathedral  bells  in  this  holy  city,  and  watching 
the  jackass  trains  going  by,  I  was  accosted  by  a  cuss  by  the 
name  of  Pessels  whom  perhaps  you  know,  and  it  carried  me 
back  at  once  to  Atlanta,  and  set  me  thinking  about  you  all. 

It  took  me  some  time  to  reach  this  place  but  we  got  through 
all  right  and  safely  and  are  well  established  now  in  our  new' 
station  which  I  hope  we  will  soon  like,  for  we  were  somewhat 
blue  and  homesick  at  first.  It  don’t  come  easy  to  leave  a  place 
where  one  has  lived  five  years  and  feel  at  home  again  in  a  new 
set,  most  of  whom  don’t  speak  a  word  of  English.  I  don’t  think 
there  is  a  pair  of  grindstones  in  the  whole  place  or  even  an  elm 
hub  on  which  I  could  sit  and  watch  the  passers  by. 

I  enclose  a  letter  for  Nathans.  I  forget  his  first  name  or  I 
wouldn’t  trouble  you.  Will  you  please  send  it  to  him. 

How  are  the  boys?  I  send  them  my  regards  and  hope  the 


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new  medical  officer  will  take  my  place  with  them.  Mrs.  Smith 
sends  her  love  to  Mrs.  Alexander  and  wishes  to  be  remembered 
to  all  your  family.  Of  course,  I  do  the  same. 

Yours  very  truly, 

/s/  A.  K.  Smith 

A.  Alexander,  Esq. 

Atlanta,  Georgia 

Aaron  Alexander  was  very  hospitable  and  fond  of  entertaining. 
One  of  his  special  friends  was  Judge  O.  A.  Lochrane,  Chief  Justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Georgia,  who  had  worked  for  him  as  a 
clerk  in  his  drug  store  in  Athens  when  he  (Lochrane)  a  brilliant 
young  Irishman,  first  immigrated  to  this  country. 

The  following  notice  of  his  death  appeared  in  the  Atlanta  Con¬ 
stitution:  “Dr.  Aaron  Alexander,  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  re¬ 
spected  citizens  of  Atlanta,  died  at  his  residence  on  Monday  last.  Dr. 
Alexander  had  no  enemies.  Everybody  loved  the  kindly,  affable 
old  gentleman,  who  having  lived  a  long  and  honorable  life,  at  last 
fell  asleep  in  the  bosom  of  an  affectionate  family  ” 

DESCENDANTS 

His  three  sons  married  as  follows:  (1)  Joseph  Albert  m.  Sarah 
(Sally)  Solomons  of  Charleston,  daughter  of  Solomon  Sampson 
Solomons  and  Esther  Nathans  Solomons.  Their  children:  Lucile, 
Hortense,  Warren,  Alan  McFarland,  Maybelle.  (2)  Jacob  Clarence 
m.  Rebecca  Levy  of  New  York.  Their  children:  Arthur  (m. 
Bertie  Leinkauf),  Joseph  and  George  and  (3)  Julius  Mortimer  m. 
Rebecca  Ella  Solomons  of  Savannah.  For  their  children,  see  Note 
(6)  last  paragraph. 

RELICS 

1 .  Painting  of  Aaron  Alexander  made  by  Ludo  van  Stavoren. 
Owned  by  the  writer. 

2.  Name  plate  from  his  residence,  163  Peachtree  Street  marked 
“A.  Alexander.”  Owned  by  the  writer. 

3.  Mezzuzah  from  his  residence,  163  Peachtree  Street,  Atlanta, 
Ga.  Owned  by  the  writer.  Dent.  6,  4-9;  11,  13-21. 

4.  Set  ot  Prayer  Books  after  the  custom  of  Spanish  and  Portuguese 
Jews  edited  by  Isaac  Leeser.  Owned  by  the  writer. 

5.  Several  items  of  household  furniture  owned  by  the  writer, 
and  now  in  his  home  3440  Peachtree  Road.  Atlanta,  Georgia,  being 
a  large  gilt  wall  mirror,  a  pair  of  bronze  statues  representing  Agri¬ 
culture  and  Commerce,  a  French  clock  with  the  figure  of  a  crusader, 


Thiri\-t\\  o 


Hortense  Alexander 

(Mrs.  Thomas  J.  Tobias  of  Charleston,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Albert  and  Sarah  Solomons  Alexander  of  Atlanta,  and 
granddaughter  of  Solomon  Sampson  Solomons  and  Esther 
Nathans  Solomons  of  Charleston)  and  her  son,  Thomas 
J.  Tobias,  Jr. 


sideboard,  table  and  Victorian  arm  chair,  and  a  French  bed  now 
used  by  the  writer. 

6.  Stock  certificate  for  one  share  ($1000)  in  the  “Import  and 
Exporting  Company”  a  blockade  running  enterprise  in  the  Civil  War, 
bought  in  1863  from  Lazarus  Straus  and  Company  in  Columbus,  Ga. 
Witness:  S.  H.  Goodman. 


JULIUS  MORTIMER  ALEXANDER  (6) 

Born  in  Athens,  Georgia,  November  4,  1844,  in  a  dwelling  house 
on  College  Avenue  facing  west  which  stood  near  the  center  of 
the  city  on  a  lot  adjoining  the  present  office  building  of  the  Southern 
Mutual  Insurance  Company.  Died  May  1,  1917,  in  Atlanta,  Ga., 
at  his  residence,  49  Forrest  Avenue,  which  he  had  built  in  1894, 
where  he  had  since  lived.  Buried  in  the  family  plot  in  Oakland 
Cemetery  in  Atlanta,  the  plot  given  him  by  his  mother  in  1883. 
He  came  to  Atlanta  in  1848  when  four  years  of  age  with  his  father, 
mother  and  brothers.  Attended  the  private  school  of  Prof.  Alex¬ 
ander  N.  Wilson.  Before  the  Civil  War,  he  spent  a  few  years 
as  a  boy  in  New  York  City  living  with  his  aunt,  (Adeline  Moses), 
Mrs.  Adolph  J.  Brady,  and  worked  in  the  hardware  establishment 
of  Schofield,  Clark  &  Company  of  that  city.  During  the  first 
years  of  the  Civil  War  he  worked  under  enlistment  in  the  Naval 
Iron  Works  established  by  the  Confederate  Government  for  manu¬ 
facturing  ordnance,  at  Columbus,  Ga.,  where  his  father,  Aaron 
Alexander,  a  Union  sympathizer,  lived.  In  November  1864,  he  en¬ 
listed  as  a  private  in  Major  Samuel  J.  Whitesides’  Naval  Iron  Works 
Battalion,  also  known  as  “First  Battalion  of  Infantry  of  Georgia 
State  Guards,”  also  as  “Ordnance  Battalion  of  Georgia  Infantry,” 
also  as  “Columbus  Arsenal  Battalion.”  He  was  promoted  to  Sergeant- 
Major  of  the  battalion.  Honorably  discharged  at  Columbus,  Ga., 
May  1865.  Participated  in  heavy  artillery  engagements  in  the  lines 
constructed  on  the  northwest  approaches  to  Savannah  to  resist  the 
armies  of  Gen.  W.  T.  Sherman  in  December  1864.  The  battalion, 
commanded  by  Colonel  Leon  von  Zincken,  was  a  part  of  the  brigade 
of  Brigadier-General  John  K.  Jackson,  who  was  under  the  command 
of  Major  General  Ambrose  R.  Wright.  (Siege  of  Savannah  in  De¬ 
cember  1864  by  Lieut.  Col.  Charles  C.  Jones,  Jr.,  113-14-15).  He 
also  distinguished  himself  as  a  member  of  the  above  battalion  in  the 
last  land  battle  of  the  Civil  War,  fought  at  night  April  16,  1865,  at 
Chattahoochee  River  Bridge  at  Columbus  resisting  Gen.  James  H. 
Wilson’s  Cavalry,  the  site  of  which  is  marked  by  a  bronze  tablet. 


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Julius  Mortimer  Alexander 

Athens,  Atlanta 


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In  1906,  in  securing  a  pension,  as  a  Confederate  soldier  for  a 
member  of  his  command,  James  A.  Gifford  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  Julius 
M.  Alexander  with  Messrs.  Christopher  C.  McGehee,  W.  H.  Perrine, 
and  J.  A.  Corbally  prepared  a  short  account  of  the  Battalion  reading 

as  follows:  1159722 

“The  undersigned,  former  members  of  Naval  Battalion,  C.S.A., 
moved  by  the  dire  necessities  of  their  aged  comrade  and  fellow- 
citizen,  James  A.  Gifford,  as  well  as  such  other  members  of  our 
former  command  as  upon  whom  the  heavy  hand  of  poverty  may  be 
pressing,  beg  leave  to  acquaint  you  with  the  following  facts  relative 
to  our  former  organization: 

“It  was  engaged  in  the  early  sixties  at  Columbus,  Ga.,  and  duly 
mustered  into  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  thereby  becoming 
subject  to  any  order  the  Confederate  authorities  might  give  for  its 
movement  ashore  or  afloat.  (See  Vol.  28,  Series  I,  p.  554,  U.  S.  War 
Reports).  It  was,  in  the  main,  composed  of  artisans  so  skilled  that 
the  mechanical  equipment  of  many  of  the  Confederate  vessels  of 
war  was  alone  made  possible  by  their  efforts,  directed  by  the  eminent 
Chief  Engineer  J.  H.  Warner,  C.  S.  Navy.  This  technical  ability  of 
the  Battalion  was  so  well  recognized,  that  it  was  only  when  the  most 
dire  necessity  existed  for  its  being  ordered  into  field  service  were  its 
energies  diverted  from  the  manufacture  of  cannon,  the  construction 
of  gunboats  and  the  manufacture  of  machinery  for  their  propulsion, 
as  well  as  the  general  requirements  of  the  vessels  of  war  by  the  Con¬ 
federacy.  Still,  subject  as  it  was  to  the  orders  of  the  Government  (See 
Vol.  32,  Series  I,  pp.  666,  789),  inspection  will  show  when  1,200 
men  were  actually  transferred  from  the  Army  to  the  several  Naval 
Stations  of  the  Confederacy,  Columbus,  Ga.,  included.  When  Co¬ 
lumbus  and  the  adjacent  territory  was  threatened  by  Federal  invasion 
under  General  Rosseau,  the  Battalion  promptly  responded  to  a  call 
to  the  field,  and  moved  to  the  front  prepared  to  do  its  full  duty.  Later, 
when  Atlanta  had  been  captured  and  General  Sherman  was  moving 
his  hosts  upon  Savannah,  the  urgency  of  the  situation  caused  those 
in  authority  to  call  upon  the  Battalion  again  for  field  service.  Respond¬ 
ing  promptly  our  Battalion  was  ordered  to  Savannah  to  assist  in  its 
defense,  arriving  there  some  time  before  the  Union  Army  gave  us 
an  opportunity  of  welcoming  its  advance  on  the  firing  line.  It  was  not 
until  some  of  our  brave  comrades  of  the  Battalion  had  been  killed 
and  wounded  that  our  officers  allowed  us  to  retire  within  the  forti¬ 
fications  of  the  besieged  city.  The  works  occupied  by  our  Command 
were  so  close  to  the  enemy  as  to  provoke  an  almost  incessant  and 
deadly  rifle  and  artillery  fire,  which  honor  and  duty  obliged  us  to 
sustain,  until  the  evacuation  of  Savannah,  Ga.,  forced  us  to  pass 
through  the  merciless  shelling  of  General  Foster’s  batteries  into  South 


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Carolina,  with  the  expectation  of  reinforcing  the  command  of  Gen¬ 
eral  Joseph  E.  Johnston.  Nevertheless,  at  this  time  occurred  the 
unique  fact  that  our  Battalion,  even  at  this  critical  point,  was,  by 
direct  order  of  President  Jefferson  Davis,  sent  back  to  its  station 
at  Columbus,  Ga.  (See  Vol.  44,  Series  I,  p.  996),  thus  emphasizing 
the  fact  of  its  members’  worth  in  their  original  assignment  on  account 
of  their  technical  superiority.  This  order,  however,  had  the  effect  of 
shortening  their  period  of  field  service  in  this  campaign  but  later, 
April  16,  1865,  when  the  attack  on  and  capture  of  Columbus,  Ga., 
by  General  J.  H.  Wilson,  U.  S.  Army,  occurred,  the  Battalion  was 
again  in  the  front  engaged  in  the  unavailing  defense  af  that  city. 

Permit  us  to  say  that  we  believe  from  the  foregoing  recital,  the 
correctness  of  which  we  certify  to,  that  our  comrade,  James  A.  Gif¬ 
ford,  who  was  an  active  member  of  Co.  C,  now  a  physical  wreck, 
deserves  at  the  hands  of  our  great  State,  in  which  he  has  lived  for 
forty  years,  recognition  of  his  application  for  a  pension. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

(Signed)  C.  C.  McGehee 
J.  M.  Alexander 
W.  H.  Perrine 
J.  A.  Corbally 

Committee 

To  the  Honorable  John  W.  Lindsey, 

Commissioner  of  Pensions, 

Atlanta,  Ga.” 


“MUSTER  ROLL  OF  ^COMPANY  C, 

COLUMBUS  NAVAL  IRON  WORKS  BATTALION 
MUSCOGEE  COUNTY,  GEORGIA, 

C.  S.  A. 

“McGehee,  Christopher  Co.,  enlisted  as  a  private,  Co.  A,  2nd 
Battn.  Ga.  Inf.  Apr.  20,  1861.  Elected  Captain,  Co.  C,  Columbus 
Naval  Iron  Works  Battn.  Surrendered,  Columbus,  Ga.,  May,  1865. 
White,  Joseph  B.,  Lieutenant;  Burrus,  J.  G.,  Lieutenant;  Pomeroy, 
F.  A.,  Sergeant;  Kelly,  L.  J.,  Sergeant;  Tillman,  J.  M.,  Sergeant; 
McCarthy,  L.  E.,  Sergeant;  Warren,  J.  E.,  Sergeant;  Scarritt,  J.  M., 
Corporal;  Carrol,  Thomas,  Corporal;  Nobles,  H.  H.,  Corporal; 
Holmes,  Manley,  Corporal;  Abbott,  C.  H.,  Private;  Abrahams,’ 
Theodore  H.,  Private,  Sept.  186...  Paroled,  Columbus,  Ga.,  May,’ 
1865;  Alexander,  Julius  M.,  Private,  Nov.  1864.  Promoted  Sergeant 
Major,  this  Battn.  Paroled  Columbus,  Ga.,  May,  1865;  Alexander, 
J.  C.,  Private;  Barber,  J.  W.,  Private;  Bayne,  David,  Private;  Buch¬ 
anan,  A.,  Private;  Campbell,  James,  Private;  Chaffin,  G.  D.,  Private; 


T  hir tv-six 


Champayne,  D.  W.,  Private;  Clark,  Toby,  Private;  Connor,  John, 
Private;  Conway,  J.  H.,  Private;  Cook,  Henry,  Private;  Coppedge, 
Henry,  Private;  Corbally,  J.  A.,  Private;  Couch,  Charles,  Private; 
Dawe  or  Dawes,  J.  F.,  Private;  Drew,  C.,  Jr.,  Privte;  Fox,  F.  J., 
Private;  Foye,  N.  B.,  Private;  Gifford,  B.  F.,  Private;  Gi:ord,  James 
A.,  Private,  1864.  Surrendered,  Columbus,  Ga.,  May,  1865;  Grover 
William,  Private;  Hamilton,  Thomas,  Private;  Herring,  William  A., 
Private;  Hoffman,  S.  J.,  Private;  Holmes,  H.  E.,  Private;  Howard, 
Henry,  Private;  Howard,  Matt.,  Private;  Jordan,  J.  W.,  Private;  Link, 
William,  Private;  Love,  N.  B.,  Private;  Martin,  William  A.,  Private; 
McDonald,  G.,  Private;  McDougald,  W.  A.,  Private;  McHale,  M., 
Private;  Mayer,  Louis,  Private;  Millions,  Jesse,  Private;  Mitchell, 
A.,  Private;  Moore,  William,  Private;  Nail,  William  S.,  Private,  Parr 
or  Pharr,  Henry,  Private;  Peabody,  John,  Private;  Petty,  David, 
Private;  Petty,  George,  Private;  Phelps,  George,  Private;  Poitevent, 
J.  A.,  Private;  Roper,  A.  C.,  Private;  Ryckley,  Charles,  Private.  Sur¬ 
rendered,  Columbus,  Ga.,  May  1865;  Skinner,  D.  L.,  Private,  Slaugh¬ 
ter,  John,  Private;  Smith,  Duncan,  Private;  Smith,  Graham,  Private; 
Stanford,  William,  Private;  Stockton,  D.  S.,  Private;  Thomas,  F.  M., 
Private;  Warlick,  Charles  Dougherty,  Private,  1864.  Paroled,  Co¬ 
lumbus,  Ga.,  May  1865;  Webb,  E.  F.,  Private;  Wilson,  George, 
Private;  Wood,  William  H.,  Private;  Wynne,  William,  Private. 


Founded  the  firm  of  J.  M.  &  J.  C.  Alexander,  Hardware  Dealers, 
in  Atlanta  in  1865.  In  1879,  the  firm  was  succeeded  by  J.  M.  Alex¬ 
ander  &  Company,  which  business  continued  until  1947  under  owner¬ 
ship  of  Cecil  A.  Alexander,  his  son.  Julius  M.  Alexander’s  father 
and  his  uncle=in-law,  Adolph  J.  Brady,  were  in  the  partnership  at 
times.  He  did  not  care  for  public  service,  but  was  usually  elected 
foreman  of  the  grand  juries  on  which  he  served.  Was  a  member  of 

the  Hebrew  Benevolent  Congregation. 

In  the  fearful  race  riots  in  Atlanta  in  1906,  he  was  one  of  the  com¬ 
mittee  of  determined  leaders  who  finally  succeeded,  under  the  Fifth 
Regiment  National  Guard,  commanded  by  Col.  Clifford  Le  Conte 
Anderson,  in  restoring  order. 

The  ATLANTA  JOURNAL  of  May  7,  1917  published  the  fol¬ 
lowing: 

“MR.  J.  M.  ALEXANDER  IS 
DEAD  AFTER  LONG  ILLNESS 
He  Was  Pioneer  Atlantan  and 
Founder  of  City’s  First 
Hardware  Business 

“Mr.  Julius  M.  Alexander,  pioneer  Atlantan  and  founder  of  the 


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oldest  hardware  firm  in  the  city,  Died  Monday  morning  at  his  home, 
49  Forrest  Avenue,  after  an  illness  extending  over  several  months. 

“His  death,  though  it  was  not  unexpected,  brings  unutterable  sor¬ 
row,  not  only  to  his  family,  but  to  hundreds  of  Atlantans  bound  to 
him  by  ties  so  precious  that  his  passing  robs  them  of  a  friendship 
endeared  as  few  friendships  are. 

“Mr.  Alexander  was  born  in  Athens,  Ga.,  in  1844,  being  seventy- 
three  years  old  at  his  death.  He  was  the  son  of  the  late  Mr.  Aaron 
Alexander,  who  was  a  well-known  druggist  in  Atlanta  in  ante-bellum 
days. 

“Coming  to  Atlanta  with  his  father  when  only  a  boy,  Mr.  Alex¬ 
ander  had  lived  here  ever  since,  so  that  his  ambitions  and  his  achieve¬ 
ments  kept  pace  with  the  growth  of  the  city  and  his  whole  life  was 
wrapt  up  in  its  welfare  and  its  progress. 

FOUNDED  IN  1865 

“In  1865  Mr.  Alexander  founded  the  first  hardware  store  in  At¬ 
lanta,  known  today  as  J.  M.  Alexander  &  Co.,  hardware  dealers.  He 
was  actively  in  the  business  until  his  last  illness  compelled  his  retire¬ 
ment  to  his  home  several  months  ago. 

“Mr.  Alexander  is  survived  by  his  wife,  who  was  Miss  Rebecca 
Solomons,  of  Savannah,  Ga.;  two  sons,  Henry  A.  Alexander,  well- 
known  Atlanta  attorney,  and  Cecil  A.  Alexander,  the  junior  member 
of  the  Alexander  hardware  firm.  He  also  leaves  one  brother,  J.  C. 
Alexander,  of  New  York  City. 

“Such  a  short  sketch  of  Mr.  Alexander’s  career  cannot  hope  to 
embrace  the  true  worth  of  his  character,  a  character  which  his 
friends  had  come  to  admire  and  love  as  embodying  the  supreme  spirit 
of  unselfishness  and  service. 

“He  was  a  quiet,  unassuming  man,  with  the  gentle,  kindly  humor  of 
a  boy  and  the  great  heart  of  a  man  who  lived  for  others,  yet  would 
have  been  the  last  himself  to  acknowledge  it. 

“It  was  that  inborn  generosity,  cloaked  with  the  sincerest  modesty, 
which  was  the  keynote  of  his  character.  Public  spirited  to  the  core, 
he  was  one  of  the  few  men  who  preferred  to  keep  his  contributions 
to  public  enterprises  anonymous  whenever  possible.  Never  was  he 
approached  in  a  worthy  cause  that  he  did  not  respond;  but  ahvays 
he  asked,  even  made  conditional,  that  his  own  name  be  withheld. 
So  did  he  give  liberally  and  so,  though  the  world  seldom  knew  it, 
did  those  nearest  to  him  honor  him  for  his  charity  while  thev  re¬ 
spected  his  wish  of  silence. 

“Perhaps  this  phase  of  his  nature  could  be  no  better  illustrated 
than  by  the  remark  of  one  of  his  friends.  ‘He  was  the  kind  of  man 


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who  would  slip  a  coin  in  a  little  boy’s  pocket  if  he  thought  the  little 
boy  still  believed  in  fairies.’ 

A  CONFEDERATE  VETERAN 

“Mr.  Alexander  was  not  a  clubman  or  a  member  of  any  organiza¬ 
tions  save  only  Atlanta  camp,  United  Confederate  Veterans.  Most  of 
his  time  away  from  business  he  spent  with  his  own  family,  but  all 
who  came  in  contact  with  him,  either  at  home  or  abroad,  carried 
with  them  from  the  meeting  the  memory  of  his  genial  smile  and  his 
kindly,  whimsical  humor.  This  was,  perhaps,  his  rarest  gift.  Strangers 
to  him  could  not  but  warm  to  the  sunshine  of  his  smile  and  his 
droll,  ready  wit,  unbarbed  with  satire,  yet  withal  so  merry.  No  man 

or  woman  but  was  the  cheerier  for  his  presence,  none  but  will  miss 
him  for  his  golden  humor,  if  for  nothing  more. 

“Mr.  Alexander’s  business  standing  was  integrated  and  he  had 
built  up  a  substantial  fortune,  both  through  his  own  house  and 
through  investments  in  Atlanta  real  estate  and  other  enterprises.” 

The  children  of  Julius  Mortimer  Alexander  and  Rebecca  Ella 
Solomons  were  Henry  Aaron,  Cecil  Abraham  and  Julius  Mortimer 
Junior,  (died  in  infancy). 

Henry  Aaron  Alexander  married  Manya  Zelmanova  Klinitzkaya 
(Marian  Kline),  daughter  of  Rabbi  Solomon  bar  Leib  Klinitzky  and 
Esther  Marie  Charnasson.  Their  children  are  Henry  Aaron  Alex¬ 
ander,  Jr.,  Rebecca,  Esther  and  Judith.  Henry  A.,  Jr.,  married 
Patricia  Schoen.  Rebecca  married  Nathan  Shockert. 

Cecil  Abraham  Alexander  married  Julia  Moses,  daughter  of  Judah 
Touro  Moses  and  Charlotte  Baer.  Their  children:  Cecil  Abraham 
Alexander,  Jr.  and  Charlotte.  Cecil  Abraham  Alexander,  Jr.,  married 
Hermione  Weil,  daughter  of  Harold  and  Rosetta  Weil.  Children: 
Therese  Julia  and  Judith  Marian.  Charlotte  married  Roman  Lee 
Weil,  son  of  Lee  H.  and  Esther  Weil.  Their  children:  Roman  Lee, 
Jr.,  Judith  Alexander,  Carol  Ann  and  Kenneth  Cecil. 


EMANUEL  AARON  VAN  BLITZ  (7) 


Merchant  of  Haarlem,  Holland.  His  name  appears  in  the 
records  relating  to  the  distribution,  on  March  20,  1820,  of  the 
estate  of  his  sister,  Belitje  Arons  van  Blitz,  widow  of  Elias  Levi  Arons, 
to  his  granddaughters,  Hannah  Arons  van  Blitz,  wife  of  Abraham 
Alexander,  Jr.,  and  Golah  Arons  van  Blitz,  wife  of  Simon  Levy,  all 
of  which  records  are  in  the  archives  of  Haarlem,  Holland. 


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Manya  Zelmanovna  Klinitzkava 
(Marian  Kline,  Mrs.  Henry  A.  Alexander) 


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Rabbi  Solomon  bar  Leib  Klinitzky 
Graduate  of  the  Institute  of  Isaac  Elchanan,  Slobotka,  Bible 
Authority,  Talmudist  and  Grammarian.  Father  of  Mrs.  Henry 

A.  Alexander. 


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Major  Cecil  Abraham  Alexander,  Jr.,  U.  S.  Marines, 
Heavier  than  Air  Marine  Scout  Bomber,  No.  231. 
Distinguished  Flying  Cross. 

World  War  II. 


Forlv-iw'o 


LEVI  AARON  VAN  BLITZ  (8) 

Resident  of  Black  Mingo,  South  Carolina,  a  settlement  near 
Georgetown,  which  has  disappeared.  His  name  appears  in  the 
settlement,  in  1820,  of  the  estate  of  his  aunt,  Belitje  Arons  van  Blitz. 
He  had  died  before  that  date  and  his  one-sixth  part  of  the  estate  was 
inherited  by  his  two  daughters,  Hannah  Arons  van  Blitz,  who  was 
married  to  Abraham  Alexander,  Jr.,  and  Golah  Arons  van  Blitz, 
wife  of  Simon  Levy,  all  living  in  Charleston,  South  Carolina.  He 
was  probably  a  native  of  Haarlem,  Holland.  He  died  in  Black  Mingo, 
Dec.  2,  1792. 

Black  Mingo  was  a  settlement  on  Black  Mingo  Creek,  flowing 
into  Black  River  and  located  in  Williamsburgh  District  near  the 
Georgetown  District  boundary,  about  twenty  miles  northwest  from 
Georgetown. 


HANNAH  AARON  VAN  BLITZ  (9) 

Daughter  of  Levi  Aaron  van  Blitz  of  Haarlem,  Amsterdam, 
and  Black  Mingo,  S.  C.,  was  born  in  South  Carolina  in  1789 
and  died  May  31,  1865  in  Augusta,  Ga.,  where  she  had  refugeed  from 
the  bombardment  of  Charleston  during  the  Civil  War. 

Buried  in  the  Coming  Street  Cemetery  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  by 
the  side  of  her  husband,  her  gravestone  reads  as  follows : 

“Sacred  to  the  Memory  of 
Mrs.  Hannah,  wife  of 
Abraham  Alexander 

Who  departed  this  life  in  the  city  of  Augusta, 

Georgia,  May  21st,  1865,  in  the  76th  year 
of  her  age,  whither  she  had  fled  to  seek 
refuge  when  Charleston  was  bombarded. 

She  was  a  native  of  this  city,  and  was  noted 
through  life  for  all  the  virtues  which  adorn 
the  female  character.  Being  amiable,  pious 
and  charitable,  and  beloved  by  all  who 
approached  her. 

This  monument  was  erected  to  the  memory  of  their  be¬ 
loved  parent  by  her  sorrowing  children,  as  a  token  of 
filial  regard  for  one  who  though  aged,  was  taken  too 
soon  from  them. 

May  she  rest  in  peace.” 


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She  was  blind  the  latter  years  of  her  life,  having  lost  her  sight 
through  an  infection  from  one  of  her  infant  grandchildren  she  was 
nursing.  She  was  killed  by  a  fall  down  stairs. 

She  was  spoken  of  as  a  gentle  and  lovable  woman  of  angelic  spirit. 
Her  son,  the  writer’s  grandfather,  Aaron  Alexander,  loved  her 
deeply.  He  would  arise  from  his  bed  at  night  and,  striking  a  match, 
gaze  at  a  little  tintype  portrait  of  her  on  the  mantel.  She  was  a 
half-sister  of  Sarah  Judith  Joseph,  wife  of  Eliezer  (Lizar)  Joseph 
of  Georgetown.  The  writer’s  grandfather,  Abraham  Alexander 
Solomons  and  Aaron  Alexander  were  half  second  cousins)  and  of 
Mrs.  Simon  Levy  of  Charleston,  and  a  half-sister  of  Reuben  Simon 
Krijn  of  Amsterdam  (born  in  America). 

Her  will  reads  as  follows: 

The  State  of  Georgia 
City  of  Augusta 

In  the  name  of  God,  amen.  I,  Hannah  Alexander  of  the  City 
of  Charleston  in  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  widow,  now  tem¬ 
porarily  residing  in  the  City  of  Augusta  in  the  state  of  Georgia, 
being  of  sound  mind,  memory,  and  understanding,  do  make, 
declare  and  publish  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  as  follows: 

First,  It  is  my  will  and  desire  that  all  my  just  debts  and  fu¬ 
neral  expenses  be  fully  paid  and  satisfied. 

Second,  It  is  my  will  and  desire,  that  after  my  decease  my 
remains  shall  be  interred  in  the  burial  ground  in  the  city  of 
Charleston,  South  Carolina,  where  the  remains  of  my  beloved 
husband  Abraham  Alexander  lie  interred  in  the  hope  that 
through  the  mercy  of  Almighty  God,  we  may  be  reunited 
in  another  and  better  world  to  dwell  together  forever. 

Thiid,  I  hereby  will  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter  Catherine 
Alexander,  all  and  singular,  the  furniture,  plate,  wearing  ap¬ 
parel  and  jewelry  which  1  may  die  possessed  of,  to  have  and  to 
hold  the  same  in  her  own  right  and  for  her  benefit,  to  dispose 
of  as  she  may  wish. 

Fourth,  Recognizing  with  gratitude  the  important  service 
rendered  me  in  my  old  age  and  helpless  blindness,  by  my  daugh¬ 
ter  Catherine  Alexander,  and  remembering  that  at  my  death  she 
will  be  thrown  helpless  upon  the  world",  and  that  my  other 
children  are  all  settled  in  marriage  or  otherwise  are  provided 
tor,  I  hereby  will  and  bequeath  to  my  said  daughter  Catherine 
Alexander,  the  residue  and  remainder  of  my  estate  during  the 
term  of  her  natural  life,  together  with  the  income  to  be  derived 
therefrom,  and  the  use  of  the  same,  to  accrue  to  her  benefit  and 
sole  enjoyment,  provided  nevertheless,  that  should  my  said 


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daughter  contract  any  debt  or  debts,  or  should  she  hereafter 
marry,  and  her  future  husband  should  contract  any  debt,  or 
debts,  that  the  said  residue  or  remainder  of  my  estate  or  income 
derived  from  it,  shall  not  be  liable  for  any  such  debt  or  debts 
of  either  my  said  daughter,  Catherine  Alexander,  or  her  future 
husband,  should  she  ever  marry.  At  her  death,  it  is  my  will, 
and  I  hereby  bequeath  and  will  the  aforesaid  residue  and  re¬ 
mainder  of  my  estate,  to  my  other  children  hereinafter  named, 
to  be  equally  divided  amongst  them,  share  and  share  alike, 
namely  to  Frances,  widow  of  Joseph  Joseph,  Henrietta,  wife  of 
Marcus  Hilzheim,  Aaron  Alexander,  Eleanor,  wife  of  Moses 
Goldsmith,  Rachel,  wife  of  J.  J.  Cohen,  Alexis  Alexander,  John 
Alexander,  Rebecca,  wife  of  Saul  Magnus,  and  a  child’s  share 
to  the  surviving  issue  of  Catherine  Alexander  should  she  marry 
and  have  issue,  their  and  each  of  their  heirs  and  executors. 

And  lastly  I  do  hereby  nominate,  constitute,  and  appoint  my 
sons  Aaron  Alexander,  Alexis  Alexander  and  John  Alexander, 
with  full  authority  for  either  or  all  of  them  to  act  as  executors 
of  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  with  a  request  that  no  se¬ 
curity  be  exacted  from  them,  and  I  hereby  revoke  all  former 
will  by  me  made. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal 
this  tenth  day  of  December  in  the  year  One  thousand  and  eight 
hundred  and  sixty  three  (1863).  Interlined  before  the  follow¬ 
ing  words  “are”  “or  income  derived  from  it”  “surviving.” 

Signed,  sealed,  published  and  declared  by 
the  said  Hannah  Alexander  as  and  for  her 
last  will  and  testament  in  the  presence  of 
us,  who  at  her  request  and  in  her  presence 
and  in  the  presence  of  each  other  have 
hereunto  subscribed  our  names  as  wit¬ 
nesses. 

F.  C.  Taylor 
A.  H.  Joseph 
A.  Alexander 
Hannah  Alexander 

RELICS 

Letters  written  by  her  to  the  writer’s  grandfather,  Aaron  Alexander; 

1.  Dated  Charleston,  March  22,  1836  addressed  to  Mr.  Aaron 

Alexander,  New  York. 

“Charleston,  March  22,  1836 

My  dear  Son, 

I  received  yours  from  Norfolk  yesterday  and  need  not  say  my  child 


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how  anxious  I  am  about  you  traveling  in  those  steamboats  for  at 
best  they  are  dangerous. 

There  is  nothing  new  transpired  since  you  left  but  the  accident 
that  happened  to  your  friend  Capt.  Harby.  I  suppose  you  have  heard 
by  the  papers  that  he  got  hurt  at  a  fire  that  took  place  in  Broad 
Street.  He  had  his  collar  bone  broken.  He  and  several  others  were 
standing  on  the  other  side  of  the  street,  and  the  explosion  was  so 
sudden  that  they  had  not  time  to  escape.  How  thankful  I  was  to 
think  you  were  not  there.  I  am  sure  you  would  have  been  at  his 
side  and  perhaps  I  then  might  have  had  more  than  your  absence  to 
deplore.  How  mysterious  is  the  way  of  Providence.  With  what  a 
protecting  hand  we  are  taken  care  of  when  we  least  think  of  His 
bounty. 

My  son,  let  me  as  a  mother  say  to  you  that  there  is  one  great 
fault  f  have  to  find  with  you  and  that  is  your  frequently  taking  your 
Maker’s  name  in  vain.  I  think  it  is  the  greatest  sin  we  poor  mortals 
can  be  guilty  of  as  that  great  Name  is  too  sacred  to  be  called  on  for 
every  trifling  incident.  You  have  no  idea  my  dear  Aaron  how  it 
shocks  me  to  hear  it  from  others.  How  much  more  so  from  one  that 
I  love  with  all  a  doting  Mother’s  fondness. 

This  leaves  us  all  well,  and  hope  and  trust  it  may  find  you  the 
same.  I  have  not  heard  from  your  father  since  you  left  but  Frances 
got  a  letter  and  they  were  all  well.  If  you  write  again. before  you 
leave  tell  me  all  the  news  you  have  from  your  place.  I  write  to 
S^rah  and  Moses  also  your  father.  I  really  am  angry 

with  your  father  for  his  indifference.  I  hope  you  my  son  will  let  me 
hear  often  from  you  and  when  you  intend  to  leave  New  York.  Per¬ 
haps  you  may  come  by  the  way  of  Charleston.  Let  me  know  if  you 
have  nearly  made  all  your  purchases.  Nothing  from  you  will  prove 
uninteresting. 

I  must  tell  you  that  your  friend  is  expected  to  recover.  I  send 
every  day  to  inquire  how  he  is  and  will  send  your  respects  according 
to  your  request.  I  hope  you  and  Charley  may  have  many  a  frolic 
together  yet.  I  truly  feel  for  his  poor  old  parent  he  had’ not  seen 
for  so  long  a  time. 

My  paper  is  so  bad  that  I  fear  you  will  scarcely  be  able  to  read 
this.  You  know  you  always  laughed  at  my  scratches.  The  ink  sinks 
in  such  a  muss. 

Your  sisters  and  their  families  are  all  well  and  send  their  love  to 
you.  Also  the  girls  at  home  including  Alexander  and  Aby.  The 
weather  is  right  cold  this  day.  I  expect  you  have  it  very  cold  where 
you  aie.  Write  soon.  1  have  nothing  more  to  inform  vou  of.  So 
must  subscribe  myself. 


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Your  affectionate  Mother, 
H.  Alexander." 


2.  Written  in  1838  to  her  son,  Alexander  Alexander,  on  his  de¬ 
parture  for  the  West: 

“My  dear  Son: 

You  are  going  to  leave  us  perhaps  forever  as  human  nature  is 
frail  and  we  do  not  know  how  long  it  may  please  God  to  spare  us 
but  we  must  hope  to  meet  again,  please  God. 

I  hope  dear  Son  that  you  may  always  remember  the  advice  given 
to  you  by  one  that  you  are  more  dear  to  than  life  for  what  would  be 
life  to  me  without  my  children. 

Do  not  my  dear  child  follow  a  multitude  to  sin  but  shun  the 
brothel  and  the  gaming  table  for  they  have  brought  many  a  good 
young  man  to  shame  and  death  finally.  Do  not  think  dear  Alexander 
that  I  am  not  aware  of  your  sober  habits  at  this  time  but  youth  is 
soon  led  away  by  example  and  very  often  caught  into  meshes  that 
they  would  otherwise  shun  but  I  am  incapable  of  writing  all  I  think. 
So  pray  God  to  keep  you  under  his  special  care. 

I  subscribe  myself 

Your  affectionate  Mother, 

H.  A. 

3.  Dated  Charleston,  November  27,  1843  addressed  to  Aaron 
Alexander,  Esq.,  Athens,  Ga. 

Address:  A.  Alexander,  Esq. 

Athens,  Geo. 

Postmark:  Charleston,  S.  C.,  Nov.  28,  1843 

Charleston,  November  the  27,  1843 

I  expect  you  will  all  say  that  Ma  has  forgot  Her  infirmity  but  I 
could  not  delay  writing  to  my  Dear  Absent  children  any  longer  al¬ 
though  I  have  no  news  to  inform  you  of.  As  you  have  heard  so 
recently  your  visitors  all  miss  you  very  much,  Catherine,  all  say  that 
they  are  sorry  that  you  left  but  I  think  you  will  like  the  change  for  a 
time.  We  are  all  very  dull,  have  no  business  to  employ  our  minds 
with. 

Do  tell  Sarah  that  I  had  read  her  letter  and  am  glad  to  find  that  she 
had  not  forgotten  me.  I  hope  all  things  may  turn  out  to  her  satisfac¬ 
tion.  I  hope  the  dear  children  are  well.  As  this  leaves  me  at  this  time 
Rachel  and  Rebecca  are  upstairs  at  work.  They  do  not  know  of 
my  attempt  or  they  would  be  astonished  as  I  came  down  com¬ 
plaining  of  my  eyes,  but  I  write  and  leave  it  to  my  dear  children 
to  make  it  out  if  possible.  I  thought  I  would  wait  until  Mr.  Abraham 
returns  and  so  I  will,  to  close  this,  if  he  comes  tomorrow.  Every¬ 
thing  goes  on  much  the  same.  My  dear  Alexander  I  know  that  you 
heard  with  regret  that  Judah  had  his  request  granted  to  leave  the 


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Citadel  and  with  it  all  advantage  of  further  improvement.  It  frets  me 
very  much  as  I  do  not  see  anything  to  his  benefit  as  I  am  afraid  he 
will  have  to  regret  it  all  his  life,  but  it  appears  the  fate  of  the  family 
but  I  do  not  despair.  Some  good  may  be  in  store  if  it  is  long  acoming. 

Do  let  me  know  how  you  like  Athens  and  what  you  think  of  the 
business  for  on  that  all  else  must  depend.  We  are  bound  to  like  a 
place  where  we  can  make  out. 

I  know  it  will  be  a  long  time  before  I  have  the  happiness  of  seeing 
you  but  I  must  submit  cheerfully  if  I  can  if  it  is  to  your  advantage 
which  I  trust  in  God  it  will.  I  hope  Aaron  you  may  prosper  in  all 
your  undertakings  as  you  have  had  a  long  run  of  bad  luck.  You 
have  your  parents’  prayer  for  a  change. 

Do  kiss  the  dear  boys  for  us  and  tell  Joe  I  should  be  glad  to  give  it 
to  him  myself.  Tell  him  he  must  not  forget  grandmother  Alexander 
nor  Moses,  but  I  will  let  her  plead  for  herself.  Tell  Sarah  they  are 
all  quite  well  when  I  see  them  in  Snoga.  Frances  and  family,  Eleanor 
and  family  also  Henrietta  and  family  were  quite  well  when  I  heard 
from  them. 

It  is  near  two  o’clock.  Your  father  is  coming  home  to  dinner. 
So  I  will  leave  off  and  resume  my  pen  tomorrow,  please  God. 

— Tuesday  morning  the  28.  All  well,  thank  God. 
We  did  not  receive  your  last  letters  until  last  night  9  o’clock  when 
Luis  came  up  from  the  City.  They  really  make  me  cry  to  think 
what  a  state  of  mind  you  (Sarah)  were  kept  in  but  you  must  really 
excuse  your  poor  Husband  for  he  was  almost  as  much  worried  as 
you  were  for  reasons  which  he  can  best  explain  and  you  my  Dear  Son 
will  excuse  your  poor  half  blind  Mouse  for  you  know  the  exertion  it 
cost  me.  Your  sister  would  have  written  for  me  but  things  you 
would  go  from  day  to  day  but  promise  it  shall  not  happen  again  if 
1  can  help  it.  Do,  my  child,  do  not  picture  the  worst  if  you  should 
not  hear  regularly  for  it  is  setting  me  a  bad  example  now  at  last  not 
very  strong  of  mind  now. 

1  shall  comply  with  your  request  dear  Sarah  and  remember  you  to 
all  triends  who  regret  your  absence  as  much  as  myself. 

I  suppose  Joseph  Albert  is  a  wild  fellow  and  does  not  regret  Jacob 
Melvin’s  company  as  much  as  he  does  his. 

I  again  repeat  there  is  nothing  new  to  inform  you  of  but  1  hope 
dear  Children  you  will  not  follow  your  bad  Mother’s  example  and. 

write  us  all  the  entertaining  leters  you  can  as  we  are  quite  dull  at 
home. 

How  do  you  all  like  Athens.  As  it  is  like  Vicksburg  I  suppose 
Aaron  will  like  it  but  never  mind  how  it  is  if  it  is  a  good  place  for 
business. 


Forfy-cif^ht 


Our  city  is  dull.  Everybody  complains  of  dull  times  and  the 
scarlet  fever  among  the  children  but  thanks  be  to  God  not  fatal. 
The  weather  is  mild.  We  have  had  no  cold  as  yet.  Do  Catherine  make 
up  some  flannel  and  wear  it  as  the  climate  may  be  different  to  this. 

This  letter  being  jointly  I  hardly  know  how  to  conclude  it  but 
with  respect  to  Hetty  and  Mr.  Brady,  I  subscribe  myself  your  ever 
affectionate 

H.  Alexander 

I  shall  write  to  you  Alexander  in  a  few  days  if  you  can  make  out 
this.” 

In  the  division  of  the  inheritance  of  Belitze  Arons  van  Blitz,  widow 
of  Elias  Levy  Arons  of  Noordwijk  Binnen,  and  sister  of  Emanuel 
Arons  van  Blitz,  poulterer  of  Amsterdam,  which  division  was  ef¬ 
fected  March  20,  1820,  and  recorded  in  the  City  Archives  of  Haar¬ 
lem,  Netherlands  in  the  Notarial  Archives,  Inventory  No.  1706,  Act 
No.  51,  as  a  protocol  of  the  Notary  Willem  Arnoldus  Haselaar, 
several  family  names  and  relationships  appear  as  follows: 

Sisters  and  brothers  of  Hannah  Arons  van  Blitz; 

Hartog  Arons  van  Blitz 

Mariana  Arons  van  Blitz,  wife  of  Lazarus  Joel,  merchant  living 
at  Deventer 

Aron  Jacob  van  Blitz,  sometimes  called  Hoen,  poulterer,  of 
Amsterdam. 

Isaac  Jacob  van  Blitz,  sometimes  called  Hoen,  shopman  by  profes¬ 
sion,  of  Mentz,  Darmstad. 

Mijntje  Davids  van  Blitz,  spinster,  of  age,  daughter  of  David  Arons 
van  Blitz  of  Amsterdam  and  his  wife,  Roosje  Joseph  Rippe,  whose 
second  husband  was  Aron  Salomon  van  Livenen,  Wharfinger,  of 
Amsterdam. 

Golah  Arons  van  Blitz,  wife  of  Simon  Levy  of  Charleston,  S.  C. 
(Moses,  Ella  and  Frances  Levy  of  Memphis,  Tennessee,  were  her 
children) . 

All  were  children  of  Levi  Arons  van  Blitz  who  died  in  Black 
Mingo,  South  Carolina,  December  2,  1792  and  is  doubtless  buried 
there.  The  writer  has  not  yet  searched  for  his  gravestone.  All  were 
grandchildren  of  Emanuel  Arons  van  Blitz. 

The  family  tradition  is  that 

Mrs.  Abraham  Alexander,  Jr.  (Hannah  Aarons  van  Blitz)  and 
Mrs.  Simon  Levy  (Golah  Aarons  van  Blitz)  of  Charleston,  S.  C. 
were  full  sisters  and  half  sisters  of  Mrs.  Lizar  (Eliezer)  Joseph 
(Sarah  Judah)  of  Georgetown,  S.  C.,  and  all  three  were  half  sisters 
of  Reuben  Simon  Krijn  of  Amsterdam  who  was  born  in  this  country 


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Isaiah  Moses 
of  Charleston 


in  Philadelphia  and  went  to  Holland  at  an  early  age  where  he 
married  and  has  numerous  descendants,  among  them  Dr.  Ezekiel 
Slijper,  Frederic  Hendrikstraat  84,  Utrecht,  Holland  with  whom 
the  writer  had  a  most  interesting  friendship  since  1904  when  he 
visited  his  family  in  Amsterdam.  He  was  for  years  on  the  faculty 
of  the  University  of  Leyden  and  Head  Master  of  the  Municipal 
Gymnasium  of  Utrecht  for  Latin  and  Greek.  He  was  a  Knight  in 
the  Order  of  Orange  Nassau.  He  died  June  6th,  1953.  Among  his 
gifts  to  the  writer  are  his  published  textbooks  and  a  collection  of 
ancient  Sephardic  Sidurim  (Hebrew,  Spanish  and  Portuguese  Prayer 
Books) .  His  son  is  Mr.  Jaap  Slijper,  Graaf  Florisstraat  36,  Rotterdam, 
Holland,  an  attorney. 


ISAIAH  MOSES  (10) 

{In  his  Ketuba,  his  name  is  written,  Isaiah  bar  Moses) 

ISAIAH  Moses  was  a  merchant  of  Charleston  and  planter  at  Goose 
Creek  and  Bushawee  Plantations,  which  he  owned  in  fee  simple. 
For  many  years  a  leading  member  of  the  Adjunta  or  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  Congregation  Beth  Elohim  of  Charleston.  He  was  a 
leading  opponent  of  innovations  and  reforms  in  the  Sephardic  Service, 
and  was  one  of  the  leaders  with  Abraham  Tobias  of  those  resisting 
the  giving  up  of  the  Sephardic  Minhag  (Spanish  and  Portuguese  rit¬ 
ual)  of  the  Congregation  Beth  Elohim  as  derived  from  the  Sephardic 
Congregations  of  Amsterdam  and  London.  The  bitter  struggle 
eventuated  in  litigation,  reported  in  the  case:  The  State  ex  relatione 
Abraham  Ottolengui  and  others  v.  G.  V.  Ancker  and  others,  2  Rich¬ 
ardson’s  Law  Reports,  South  Carolina,  245,  259,  262.  (January  Term 
1846,  at  Charleston.)  Was  a  member  of  the  Hebrew  Orphan  Society 
of  Charleston.  His  portrait,  painted  by  Theodore  I.  Moise,  of  Charles¬ 
ton  and  New  Orleans,  now  hangs  in  the  writer’s  home. 

Born  in  Bederkese  near  Bremerhaven,  in  the  Kingdom  of  Hanover, 
March  18,  1772.  Married  Rebecca  Phillips,  aged  15  years,  8  months, 
of  Newport  and  Charleston,  in  Charleston,  November  11,  1807. 
Died  January  28,  1857  in  Charleston.  Buried  in  the  Coming  Street 
Cemetery  in  Charleston.  Had  twelve  children,  seven  sons  and  five 
daughters,  as  appears  from  the  following  entries  in  his  family  Bible: 

Levy,  born  in  Columbia,  S.  C.,  October  7,  1808. 

Hannah,  born  in  Columbia,  S.  C.,  December  17,  1809. 

Jacob,  born  in  Columbia,  S.  C.,  March  31,  1811. 

Sarah,  born  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  May  25,  1813. 

Cecilia,  born  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  July  18,  1815. 


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Interior  of  the  Snoga  (as  then  called — Portusuese  for  Syna^osne) 
of  the  Congregation  Beth  Elohim  ( House  of" God)  of  Charleston, 
S.  C.  A  hallowed  place,  frequented  by  men  and  women  of  this 
narrative,  from  1792  to  1838  when  destroyed  by  fire.  Paintins 

by  Solomon  Nunez  Carvalho. 


h  if ly-tw'o 

. 


Aaron,  born  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  January  5,  1817. 

Moses,  born  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  March  26,  1818. 

Leonora,  born  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  July  14,  1820. 

Isaac,  born  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  July  19,  1822. 

Adeline,  born  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  February  25,  1826. 

Abraham,  born  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  October  25,  1828. 

Ezra,  born  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  August  14,  1833. 

His  children  married  as  follows: 

I.  Levy  m.  Adeline  Moses.  Their  children  were: 

1.  Sarah 

2.  Rosannah 

3.  Joseph  Winthrop 

4.  Mordecai  Lyons 

5.  Alfred  Huger  m.  Jeanette  Nathans 

6.  Henry  Clay  m.  Frances  Sampson 

7.  Emily  Touro  m.  Lewis  Nathans 

8.  Judah  Touro  m.  Charlotte  Baer 

9.  Grace  Aguilar 

IT  Hannah  m.  Alexander  Hezekiel  Abrahams.  Their  children 
were: 

1.  Adolphus  m.  Kathryn  Abrams 

2.  Henrietta  m.  Abraham  Falk 

3.  Theodore 

4.  Hezekiel 

5.  Edmond  Hezekiel  m.  Cecilia  Bush  Solomons 

7.  Edward  Sebring  m.,  first,  Eleanor  Solomons,  second, 

Fanny  Joseph 

8.  Robert  Brown 

HI.  Jacob  Isaiah  Moses  m.  first,  Rinah  Ottolengui  and  of  this 

marriage  his  children  were: 

1.  Montefiore  Jacob  m.  Rosa  Jonas 

2.  William  Moultrie  m.  Peninah  Moses 

3.  Rynear 

His  second  marriage  was  to  Sarah  Ottolengui.  The  children  of  this 
marriage  were: 

1.  Flora  m.  Ottolengui  Aaron  Moses 

2.  Felix  Jacob  m.  Agnes  DeLeon 

3.  Jacob  Isaiah  m.  Rebeccah  Hannah  Moses 

IV.  Sarah  (See  No.  11) 

V.  Cecilia  (See  No.  12) 

VI.  Aaron  Moses  m.  Judith  Ottolengui,  sister  of  Esther,  Rinah, 
and  Sarah  Ottolengui.  Their  children  were: 

L  Ottolengui  Aaron  m.  Flora  Moses 
2.  Sarah  Ottolengui 


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Sarah  Moses 

daughter  of  Alfred  Huger  and  Jeannette  Nathan  Moses 


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VIL  Leonora  m.  Jacob  Rosenfeld.  Their  children  were: 

1.  Isidore  m.  Matilda  Brady.  Their  children  were: 

Adolph  and  Marie. 

2.  Adelaide  m.  Robert  Bren.  Their  children  were: 

a.  Lee 

b.  Marie 

c.  Mordecai 

3.  Rosa  m.  Emile  Amram.  Their  children  were: 

a.  Leonora 

b.  Bertha 

c.  Adelaide 

4.  Isaiah 

5.  Levy 

VIII.  Isaac  Isaiah  m.  first,  Hannah  Maria  Moses,  daughter  of 
Raphael  J.  Moses.  Their  children  were: 

1.  Rebeccah  Hannah  m.  Jacob  1.  Moses 
His  second  marriage  was  to  Alice  Moses,  a  cousin  of  his  first  wife. 
Their  children  were: 

1.  Isaac  m.  Ada  Brady 

2.  Alice 

3.  Anna  m.  William  Moultrie  Moses 

4.  Addie  m.  Deronda  Levy 

IX.  Adeline  m.  Adolph  J.  Brady.  Their  children  were: 

1  Isaiah  m.  Isabel  Abrams 

2.  Matilda  m.  Isidore  Rosenfeld 

3.  Lillie  m.  Washington  Falk 

4.  Edwin 

X.  Abraham  m.  Annie  Jonas.  Theiir  children  were: 

1.  Hannah 

2.  Louise  m.  Isaac  Da  Vega 

3.  Eleanor 

4.  Sadele 

5.  Lelia 

6.  Josephine 

7.  Robert 

8.  Hampton 

9.  Cecil 

XL  Ezra  m.  Sarah  Levy.  Their  son  was: 

1.  Isaiah  Ezra  m.  Dora  DaVega 

The  following  continues  the  descent  from  Isaiah  Moses,  his  son 
Levy  Moses,  his  son  Alfred  Huger  Moses  and  his  daughter,  Adeline 
Moses  Loeb: 


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Adeline  Moses  married  Carl  M.  Loeb  November  12,  1896 
Their  children:  Margaret,  Carl  M.,  Jr.,  John  Langelott, 
Henry  Alfred. 

Margaret  married  Alan  H.  Kemper.  Their  children:  Alan  H., 

Jr.,  Carl  Loeb,  Thomas  Lenox. 

Alan  H.,  Jr.  married  Sandra  Stark.  Their  son. 

Alan  H.  III. 

Carl  Loeb  married  Doris  Coleman.  Their  children: 

Kathryn,  Margaret,  Carl  Loeb,  Jr. 

Thomas  Lenox  married  Nan  Schlesinger.  Son:  Thom¬ 
as  Lenox,  Jr. 

John  Langelott  married  Frances  Lehman.  Their  children: 
Judith  H.,  John  Langeloth,  Jr.,  Arthur  Lehman,  Ann  M., 
Deborah  F. 

Judith  H.  married  Richard  Norton  Beaty.  Their  chil¬ 
dren:  Richard  Norton,  Jr.,  Frances,  Anne. 

Anne  M.  married  Edgar  M.  Bronfman.  Their  son: 
Samuel  IT 

Carl  M.  Jr.  married  Lucille  Schamberg.  Their  children:  Con¬ 
stance,  Carl  M.  Ill,  Peter  Kenneth. 

Constance  married  George  Cohen.  Son:  George 
Cohen,  Jr. 

Henry  Alfred  Loeb  married  Louise  Steinhardt.  Their  children: 
Jean  A.,  Elizabeth. 

Descendants  of  Judah  Touro  Moses:  Two  daughters. 

For  Julia  Moses,  elder  daughter,  see  Note  (6) 

Adeline  Winthrop  Moses,  younger  daughter  of  Judah  Touro  and 
Charlotte  Baer  Moses.  Married  Samuel  Edwin  Wolff,  of  Jackson, 
Michigan,  Nov.  18,  1919.  Her  eldest  daughter,  Jeanne  Touro  mar¬ 
ried  James  Robert  Guggenheim  of  Cincinnati.  Their  children  are 
James  R.,  Jr.,  Eve  and  Joanne.  Her  son,  Edwin  Lynn  Moses  married 
Doris  Selma  Friedman,  June  20,  1954.  Her  daughter,  Adeline 
Henrietta  married  Joseph  Goldsten,  Jr.,  June  28,  1951  and  has  a 
daughter,  Carol  Wolff. 


SARAH  MOSES  (11) 


Daughter  of  Isaiah  Moses  and  Rebecca  Phillips.  Born  in 
Charleston,  S.  C.,  May  25,  1813.  Died  in  Atlanta,  Georgia, 
at  her  home  163  Peachtree  Street,  July  10,  1892.  Married  in  Charles¬ 
ton,  S.  C.,  March  5,  1836  to  Aaron  Alexander.  Had  nine  children, 


Ft  tty -eight 


five  sons  and  four  daughters.  All  died  in  infancy  except  three  sons, 
Joseph  Albert,  Jacob  Clarence  and  Julius  Mortimer  Alexander.  A 
woman  of  strong  character,  a  devoted  wife  and  mother,  and  although 
a  partial  invalid,  of  untiring  energy.  (15) 

An  Atlanta  pioneer  in  1848,  she  established  the  first  Jewish  Sabbath 
School,  which  she  conducted  in  the  forest  around  her  home  with  fallen 
logs  for  benches,  stressing  the  Ten  Commandments  and  how  and  when 
to  say  the  Shemang  (“Hear,  O  Israel,  the  Lord  our  God,  the  Lord 
is  One.”)  She  also  carried  on  each  morning  a  little  free  pre-school 
of  elementary  English  education  in  her  own  bedroom,  mainly  of 
course,  for  her  grandchildren,  but  including  also  as  a  neighborly  ges¬ 
ture  the  kids  of  her  friends  in  the  neighborhood.  At  this  school 
quite  a  few  important  figures  in  Atlanta  history  got  their  first  contact 
with  reading,  writing  and  arithmetic,  especially  with  the  multiplica¬ 
tion  table  on  which  she  sharply  insisted. 

None  of  her  pupils  ever  forgot  the  final  act  in  each  session  which 
was  the  recital,  standing  and  with  gestures,  of  the  following  indis¬ 
putable  truths: 

“The  sun  rises  in  the  East, 

And  sets  in  the  West. 

Before  me  is  North 
And  behind  me  is  South.” 

She  was  also  an  accomplished  needlewoman  in  the  grand  Charles¬ 
tonian  manner  and  took  delight  in  the  practice  of  her  art.  As  another 
friendly  gesture  to  her  neighbors,  she  would  go  around  among  them 
gathering  up  their  dresses,  shirts,  socks,  etc.  which  needed  repair 
and  returning  them  later  beautifully  mended.  Especially  was  she 
devoted  to  Mrs.  Logan  E.  Bleckley,  wife  of  the  Chief  Justice,  living 
on  the  next  corner  of  Peachtree  and  Harris  Streets,  who  was  bed¬ 
ridden  and  deeply  appreciated  her  help  and  company.  When  the 
writer  left  home  for  the  University,  she  insisted  on  making  him 
proficient  in  sewing  on  buttons  and  darning  socks. 

As  she  had  done  at  Moyamensing  Prison,  Sarah  stood  squarely 
with  her  husband  on  the  dread  issues  of  1861-64.  Although  her 
mother  and  some  of  her  brothers  and  sisters  thought  otherwise,  she 
was  against  secession  and  stood  for  the  preservation  of  the  American 
Union.  The  story  is  that  after  the  ugly  little  night  battle  on  the 
Columbus  bridge,  April  16,  1865,  when  friends  ran  to  her  to  compli¬ 
ment  her  on  some  conspicuous  act  of  courage  of  her  son  Julius  M., 
she  replied:  “Pity  it  was  not  done  in  a  better  cause.” 

Nor  was  her  opinion  altered  by  the  fact  that  Wilson’s  cavalry 
burned  up  some  $50,000  worth  of  cotton  belonging  to  Aaron  Alex- 


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Sarah  Moses 
(Mrs.  Aaron  Alexander) 


Sixty 


ander,  which  went  up  in  flames  when  they  put  the  torch  to  the  great 
warehouse  in  Columbus  housing  over  $62,000,000  worth  of  cotton. 

In  1883,  Sarah  Moses  received  the  sum  of  about  $1,500.00  from 
the  estate  of  her  father,  Isaiah  Moses.  She  used  it  to  purchase  a 
large  lot  in  Oakland  Cemetery  at  Atlanta,  Georgia,  which  she  divided 
up  into  eight  smaller  lots,  giving  them  to  her  two  sons,  Julius  M. 
and  Joseph  A.  Alexander,  and  her  sisters-in-law,  Mrs.  Rebecca 
Alexander  Magnus  and  Mrs.  Rachel  Alexander  Cohen. 

She  was  buried  in  the  Coming  Street  Cemetery  in  Charleston  by  the 
side  of  her  husband. 


CECILIA  MOSES  (12) 

Sister  of  Sarah  Moses,  daughter  of  Isaiah  Moses  and  Rebecca 
Phillips.  Born  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  July  18,  1815.  Married 
Abraham  Alexander  Solomons  of  Savannah,  December  6,  1843  at 
Charleston,  S.  C.  Lived  in  Savannah,  Georgia  most  of  her  life  and 
died  there  April  27,  1882. 

A  woman  of  fine  judgment  and  strong  character.  A  strict  but 
loving  disciplinarian.  She  had  8  children,  3  sons  and  5  daughters. 
Only  3  lived  to  majority:  Rebecca,  Isaiah,  and  Israella. 

She  is  buried  in  Laurel  Grove  Cemetery,  Savannah,  in  the  Solo¬ 
mons  family  lot. 


JACOB  PHILLIPS  (13) 

Merchant  trader  along  the  Atlantic  seaboard  between  New 
York,  Charleston  and  San  Eustatius,  in  the  West  Indies.  Lived 
at  times  in  San  Eustatius,  New  York,  Newport,  the  North v/estern 
section  of  South  Carolina  known  as  the  “Ninety  Six”  District,  and 
finally  in  Charleston,  where  he  died. 

Date  and  place  of  birth  in  England  not  known.  Was  a  connection 
of  a  prominent  family  by  the  name  of  Phillips  in  England  who  were 
crockery  manufacturers.  His  daughter  Rebecca  (Mrs.  Isaiah  Moses 
of  Charleston  and  Savannah)  used  to  tell  her  grandchildren  of  her 
English  relatives  and  of  the  gifts  of  tea  sets  they  sent  her  when  a  child. 

Bedridden  for  years  with  rheumatism  contracted  at  sea,  he  died 
about  1820  in  Charleston  in  the  home  of  his  daughter  Rebecca, 
Mrs.  Isaiah  Moses.  It  was  the  family  custom  for  his  grandchildren 
to  be  taken  to  his  bedside  every  Friday  evening  to  receive  his 
Sabbath  blessing. 


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Married  Miss  Hannah  Isaacks  of  Newport,  R.  L,  eldest  daughter  of 
Jacob  Isaacks,  August  13,  1785. 

Mentioned  as  a  member  of  Shearith  Israel  Congregation  of  New 
York  (founded  1654)  and  attending  meetings  December  26,  1785 
and  January  15,  1786.  Archives  of  that  Congregation  as  reported  in 
21st  Publications  of  the  American  Jewish  Historical  Society,  p.  148, 
149. 

Served  in  the  militia  of  South  Carolina  during  the  Revolution  in 
1781  and  was  paid  <£  6-5s-8  V2  d.  principal  and  8s,  9d  as  interest 
for  pay  for  “service  and  supplies  furnished”  that  year  by  indent  (No. 
205,  Book  S)  issued  June  10,  1785.  Volume  R-T,  page  138  of 
Stub  Entries  to  Indents  for  Revolutionary  Claims,  published  by  His¬ 
torical  Commission  of  South  Carolina  at  Columbia. 

Listed  in  “Heads  of  Families,  First  Census  of  the  United  States, 
1790,  State  of  South  Carolina,”  on  page  59  as  a  resident  of  Ninety 
Six  District,  Abbeville  County,  in  the  Northwestern  section  of  the 
State.  This  is  the  district  in  which  the  illustrious  Jewish  Salvador 
family  of  Bevis  Marks  Congregation  of  London  (Gates  of  Eternity) 
held  a  vast  estate  of  100,000  acres  near  Coronaco  and  Ninety  Six, 
bought  in  1755,  where  a  scion  of  that  family,  Francis  Salvador,  was 
an  eminent  Revolutionary  leader  and  in  1776  was  killed  in  battle 
on  the  Keowee.  Drayton's  Memoirs  of  the  American  Revolution. 

Entries  in  his  Bible  (Haftorah,  a  volume  published  in  1644  by 
Proops  of  Amsterdam  with  notes  in  Spanish)  in  the  possession  of 
the  writer  show  his  six  children  as  follows: 

Rachel  b.  10/5/1786.  (Married  Michael  Myers  of  Brightkaleras- 
ton,  England,  10/10/1802.  No  issue). 

Abraham  b.  3/24/1788  not  married. 

Fanny,  b.  2/5/1790.  (Married  Isaac  Goldsmith  of  Charleston. 
Issue) . 

Rebecca,  b.  3/19/1792  Married  Isaiah  Moses  of  Charleston. 
Issue) . 

Esther,  b.  12/6/1794  Married  Isaac  Hendricks  of  Augusta,  Ga.). 

Phillip,  b.  11/5/1796  Married  out  of  Faith). 

His  son,  Abraham  Phillips,  on  June  18,  1812,  the  same  day  Con¬ 
gress  declared  war  against  Great  Britain,  volunteered  and  was  given 
appointment  as  a  midshipman  in  the  U.  S.  Navy;  was  sworn  in  Nov. 
2,  1812  and  assigned  to  the  U.  S.  frigate  Constellation,  Capt. 
Charles  Stewart,  commanding.  On  April  15,  1813,  was  drowned  in 
line  of  duty,  when  a  scouting  cutter  from  the  Constellation  with  17 
men  was  overturned  off  Norfolk.  All  were  saved  except  two  officers, 
Lt.  J.  L.  Biggs  and  Midshipman  Phillips.  Captain's  Letters,  Vol.  2, 
1813,  p.  190,  Office  of  Naval  Records  and  Library  of  the  Navy 
Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 


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U.  S.  Frigate  Constellation,  on  which  Midshipman  Abraham  Phillips  served  from  Nov.  2, 
1812  to  April  15,  1813.  “Twenty-Six  Historic  Ships.”  Vol.  184.  C.  &  R.  Navy  Dept.  July 
23,  1954  Congress  ordered  the  Constellation  restored  and  transferred  to  Baltimore,  Md. 


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do  solemnly  s^ear  io  bear  true 
allegiance  to  the  United  States  of  America,  and  to  serve  them  honestly  and 

faithfully  against  all  their  enemies  or  opposers  whomsoever ;  and  io  observe 
and  obey  the  orders  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  of  America,  and  the 
orders  of  the  officers  appointed  over  me ;  and  in  all  things  to  conform  myself  to 
the  rules  and  regulations  which  now  are  or  hereaftei'  may  be  directed,  and  io 
the  articles  of  war  which  may  be  enacted  by  Congress,  for  the  better  govern¬ 
ment  of  the  A’ory  oj  the  United  States  :  and  that  Iwill  support  the  constitution 
of  the  United  States. 


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Naval  records  at  Washington  relating  to  Midshipman 

Abraham  Phillips 


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REBECCA  PHILLIPS  (14) 


HiRD  DAUGHTER  of  Jacob  Phillips  and  Hannah  Isaacks.  Born 


A  at  sea  near  San  Eustatius,  on  a  voyage  between  Newport,  R.  I. 
and  the  West  Indies  March  19,  1792. 

Married  Isaiah  Moses  of  Charleston,  Nov.  4,  1807,  she  being 
then  fifteen  years  and  eight  months  old;  her  husband  thirty-five. 

See  Isaiah  Moses,  for  her  twelve  children. 

Died  Dec.  24,  1872  in  Savannah,  Ga.,  in  the  home  of  her  son-in- 
law,  Abraham  Alexander  Solomons,  who  married  her  daughter 
Cecilia,  165  Charlton  St.,  Southeast  corner  of  Charlton  and  Barnard 
Streets,  facing  Pulaski  Square.  Buried  in  the  Coming  Street  Ceme¬ 
tery  in  Charleston,  the  inscription  on  her  gravestone  reading  as 
follows : 


“Rebecca  I.  Moses 
Consort  of  Isaiah  Moses, 

Died  December  24th,  1872 
Aged  80  years,  10  months  and  10  days 
Beloved  and  honored  for  her  many  virtues 
by  her  numerous  descendants.” 


In  the  Civil  War  she  was  intensely  Southern  in  her  sympathies, 
although  some  of  her  children  took  the  other  view.  During  her  latter 
years,  she  suffered  from  a  partial  paralysis  caused  by  a  stroke,  re¬ 
sulting  from  the  shock  of  hearing  a  newsboy  in  the  street  crying  the 
news  of  Lee’s  surrender  in  April  1865,  and  although  living  in  the 
same  room  in  December  1864  when  Savannah  surrendered  to  Gen. 
W.  T.  Sherman  and  Federal  officers  were  billeted  in  the  same  resi¬ 
dence. 

An  entry  in  her  house  book,  owned  by  A.  B.  Rosenfield  of  Long 
Beach,  California,  states  she  paid  a  visit  to  Atlanta  June  22,  1852, 
probably  visiting  her  daughters,  Mrs.  Aaron  Alexander  (Sarah) 
and  Mrs.  Adolph  J.  Brady  (Adeline)  who  were  living  there  at  the 
time.  Photostatic  copy  in  writer’s  file. 

Miss  Hannah  M.  Moses  of  New  York,  well  versed  in  the  family 
history,  has  written  that  Judah  Touro,  an  eminent  figure  in  this 
country,  offered  to  adopt  her  father,  Abram  Moses,  sixth  son  of 
Mrs.  Isaiah  Moses,  but  he  refused.  Mr.  Touro  was  a  second  cousin 
of  Mrs.  Moses  through  his  grandmother,  Clara  da  Isahaks  or  de 
Isaacks,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Jacob  Isaacks.  The  name  Isaacks 
was  sometimes  so  written.  She  was  also  a  sixth  cousin  of  Touro 
through  Moses  Michael  (q.v.) 

Rebecca  Phillips  stands  at  this  time  at  the  middle  point  of  family 


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Rebecca  Phillips  of  Newport,  Charleston 

and  Savannah 

Mrs.  Isaiah  Moses 


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descent,  with  5  generations  before  and  6  after  her  in  this  country. 

RELICS 

Oil  painting,  artist  unknown,  given  writer  by  his  mother.  Mr.  L.  D. 
Skidmore,  formerly  Art  Director  of  High  Museum,  Atlanta,  examined 
the  painting  and  said  it  was  very  beautiful  and  an  exceptionally  fine 
piece  of  work.  He  preferred  it  to  the  painting  of  Isaiah  Moses  by 
Theodore  Moise,  itself  of  highest  quality. 

These  distinguished  portraits  were  made  originally  at  the  instance 
of  Mrs.  Alexander  Hezekiel  Abrahams  of  Charleston  (Hannah 
Moses,  eldest  daughter)  and  thence  passed  by  gift  through  these 
hands:  Mrs.  Abraham  A.  Solomons  (Cecilia  Moses),  Mrs.  Isaiah  A. 
Solomons,  Sr.  (Sarah  Falk),  Mrs.  Julius  M.  Alexander  (Rebecca 
Ella  Solomons),  Cecil  A.  Alexander,  Jr.,  and  the  writer. 

Pair  of  handsome  silver  candlesticks  used  for  many  years  for  the 
Friday  evening  Sabbath  table.  Property  of  Cecil  A.  Alexander,  Sr. 

Miscellaneous  items  of  silverware  marked  R.I.M.  (Rebecca  Isaiah 
Moses). 


ABRAHAM  ISAACKS  (15) 

Merchant  of  New  York.  Was  Parnas  (President)  of  the  Con¬ 
gregation  Shearith  Israel  of  New  York  in  1733  and  1737.  21 
P.  211  and  Gabay  (Treasurer)  in  1732.  21  P.  30. 

The  name  of  his  wife  was  Hannah.  He  had  three  sons:  Jacob, 
Moses  and  Abraham. 

Up  until  1954,  there  have  been  ten  generations  of  his  descendants 
of  Jewish  Faith  in  the  United  States.  This  is  believed  to  be  one  of 
the  oldest  Jewish  lines  in  the  United  States,  going  back  into  the 
seventeenth  century  and  covering  about  270  years. 

From  Emden,  Friesland,  then  a  part  of  the  Kingdom  of  Holland. 
His  grave  stone  in  the  cemetery  of  the  Congregation  Shearith  Israel 
in  New  York  City,  near  the  corner  of  21st  Street  and  6th  Avenue, 
reads  in  translation  as  follows: 

“Here  lies  buried 

The  venerable  and  honored  married  man  Rabbi 
Abraham  son  of  Isaac  (whose  memory  be  a  blessing) 

From  the  city  of  Emden  in  Friesland 
He  died  on  the  first  of  the  middle  days 
of  Tabernacles  and  was  buried 
The  same  day  in  the  year  5504  (1743) 

(24  September) 


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May  his  soul  be  bound  up  in  the  bond  of  life.” 

This  translation  was  made  for  me  by  Rabbi  David  de  Sola  Pool, 
of  the  same  Congregation,  99  Central  Park  West,  New  York,  who 
accompanied  the  translation  with  the  following  letter: 

“My  dear  Mr.  Alexander: 

Let  me  answer  your  special  delivery  letter  at  once. 

The  grave  of  Abraham  Isaacks  is  the  eighteenth  from  the 
Street  (Twenty-first  Street)  and  the  twelfth  from  the  Southern 
(rear)  end  of  the  row.  It  is  between  that  of  Esther  Rachel 
Gomez  (d.  1736)  to  the  South  and  Abraham  Nunes  Henriques 
(d.  1741)  to  the  North. 

His  grave  was  transferred  between  June  6  and  June  14,  1856, 
probably  around  June  6. 

He  was  removed  from  the  cemetery  just  South  of  Chatham 
Square,  between  Oliver  and  James  Street  from  the  part  of  the 
burial  ground  which  is  now  the  New  Bowery,  when  the  New 
Bowery  was  cut  through  the  cemetery  as  a  southern  extension 
of  the  Bowery. 

If  there  is  any  other  information  which  you  require,  1  shall 
be  glad  to  give  it  to  you  if  I  can. 

With  kind  regards. 

Sincerely  yours, 

(signed)  D.  de  Sola  Pool.” 

He  also  had  made  for  the  writer  at  his  request  photograph  of  the 
grave  stone,  a  copy  of  which  is  in  his  files. 

Described  as  “venerable”  by  his  grave  stone,  at  his  death  in  1743, 
and  assuming  85  years,  he  was  born  about  1658. 

In  the  Calendar  of  Historical  Manuscripts  in  the  State  Records  of 
New  York,  Delaware  papers,  edited  by  E.  B.  O'Callaghan  {Albany 
1865),  Part  1,  p.  361,  appear  two  sheets  of  New  York  Colonial 
Manuscripts,  Vol.  21,  p.  103,  endorsed  “1680  April  23.  Census  of 
the  responsible  housekeepers  and  their  families  residing  at  Cedar 
Creek,  Murder  Creek,  St.  Jones  and  Duck  Creek  ...  on  the  Dela¬ 
ware  River.” 

The  heading  is  as  follows: 

“These  are  to  certify  the  Honorable  Edmund  Andros,  Lieut. 
Governor  General  of  New  York  and  all  His  Royal  Highness’ 
territories  in  America  of  ye  inhabitants  yt  are  Responsible 
housekeepers  and  their  families  Inhabiting  in  Cedar  creek. 
Murder  creek,  St.  Jones  and  Duck  creek” 

and  in  the  seventeenth  line  is  the  name  “Mr.  Isaak — 2  in  family.” 


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Settlement  of  the  Jews  in  North  America  by  Charles  P.  Daly,  p. 
22;  n.  18,  21  P.  175. 

In  the  manuscripts  of  the  New  York  Historical  Society  is  a 
manuscript  ledger  of  accounts  known  as  “The  Stephen  van  Cortlandt 
Manuscript  Ledger,”  which  covers  the  period  of  1695-1701/2, 
showing  three  accounts  of  Abraham  Isaacks,  as  follows: 

Folio  46— An  account  dated  1697-8. 

Folio  86 — An  account  dated  1698. 

Folio  87 — An  account  dated  1698. 

Naturalized  by  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Colony  of 
New  York,  approved  by  Governor  Wm.  Burnet  on  July  6,  1723,  as 
follows : 

“An  Act  for  Naturalizing  Cornelius  Van  Santvoord,  Johannis 
Martinus  Van  Harlingen,  Peter  Stillingwerf,  Abraham  Roeters, 
Jacobus  Wesselse,  Abraham  Isaacks,  David  Elias,  Jacob  Hays, 
Floris  Van  Taerling,  John  Masson,  Christopher  Lawrence,  Peter 
Malliville,  Johanna  Sophia  Titema,  Widow  of  Jacobus  De  Kay, 
late  of  the  city  of  New  York,  deceased,  Isaac  Rodrigues,  An- 
dries  Trubes,  Isaiah  Valleau,  Dinah  Marche,  Lieven  Marche, 
Solomon  Meyers,  Bartel  Miller,  Joost  Looy,  John  Peter  Zenger, 
and  Henry  Michael  Cook.”  {Journal  of  the  General  Assembly 
of  New  York  for  1723,  p.  500.) 

Made  a  freeman  of  the  City  of  New  York  in  the  third  year  of  the 
Mayoralty  of  Robert  Walter,  Esquire,  on  August  6,  1723,  his  name 
appearing  as  follows: 

“Abraham  Isaacks,  Mercht.” 

Original  Manuscripts  of  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  New 
York  covering  the  year  1723,  now  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the 
City  of  New  York. 

See  also  “The  Burghers  of  New  Amsterdam  and  the  Freemen  of 
New  York,  New  York,”  p.  100.  {New  York  Historical  Society  Col¬ 
lections  for  1885.)  In  this  item  the  date  is  erroneously  stated  as 
1722  when  it  should  be  1723,  as  shown  by  the  original  entry. 

See  also  the  article  by  M.  J.  Kohler,  “Civil  Status  of  the  Jews  in 
Colonial  New  York,”  6  P.  101. 

Elected  Constable  of  the  South  Ward  of  New  York  City  at  a 
Common  Council,  held  at  the  City  Hall  of  the  said  city,  on  Wednes¬ 
day,  the  29th  day  of  September,  1725,  the  list  of  elected  officers  ap- 


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pearing  as  follows: 

Broderick  Philipse,  Esq.,  Alderman 

Augustus  Jay,  assistant 

William  Smith,  Assessor 

Peter  Low,  Assessor 

Abraham  Van  Duorse,  Collector 

Abraham  Isaacs,  Constable. 

{Minutes  of  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  New  York  1675- 
1766 — 8  voL;  Dodd  Mead  &  Co.,  New  York  1905,  Vol.  3,  p.  373.) 

The  South  Ward  included  the  area  bounded  by  Broadway,  Wall 
Street,  Broad  Street,  and  the  Harbour,  according  to  “A  Plan  of  the 
City  of  New  York  From  An  Actual  Survey  made  in  1730  by  James 
Lyne.”  {Collections  of  New  York  Historical  Society.) 

On  August  23,  1728,  Abraham  Isaacks  with  others  presented 
a  petition  to  Council  for  leave  to  establish  a  burial  ground.  The 
names  on  the  petition  were  as  follows:  Abraham  Isaacks,  Joseph 
Nunez,  Baruch  Judah,  Isaac  de  Medina,  Daniel  Nunez  da  Costa, 
Daniel  Gomez,  Jacob  Hays,  Lewis  Gomez,  Roderigo  Pacheco,  Mordy 
Gomez,  Jacob  Franks,  Nathan  Levy.  {Minutes  of  the  Common 
Council  of  the  City  of  New  York  1675-1776,  8  vol.;  Dodd,  Mead  & 
Co.,  New  York  1905,  Vol.  3,  p.  447.) 

This  is  the  famous  cemetery,  still  existing,  which  is  the  oldest 
cemetery  of  any  kind  in  New  York  City,  located  near  Chatham 
Square,  and  antedating  by  many  years  even  Trinity  Church  Yard. 
21  P.  XV.  Abraham  Isaacks  was  buried  in  this  cemetery  but  when 
the  Bowery  was  extended  in  1856,  it  came  through  a  part  and  the 
graves  in  that  part  were  removed  to  the  newer  cemetery  of  the  same 
Congregation  on  21st  Street  near  Sixth  Avenue.  Included  in  this 
area  was  the  grave  of  Abraham  Isaacks.  The  stone  of  reddish  sand¬ 
stone  and  perfectly  preserved  is  the  eighteenth  from  the  street  in  the 
line  of  removed  graves  between  those  of  Abraham  Nunez  Henriques 
and  Esther  Rachel  Gomez.  18  P.  122,  32  P.  126. 

In  1730,  Abraham  Isaacks  took  a  leading  part  in  the  construction 
of  the  first  Synagogue  building  erected  in  the  United  States.  {'‘The 
Mill  Street  Synagogue  \1730-1817)  of  the  Congregation  Shearith 
Israel,  founded  in  the  City  of  New  York  in  1655,”  by  The  Rev.  D. 
de  Sola  Pool,  Ph.D.,  Rabbi  of  the  Congregation,  1930,  New  York.) 
Mill  Street  is  now  South  William  Street  and  the  Synagogue  stood  on 
ground  now  “distinguished  as  Nos.  20,  24,  26  on  which  are  erected 
several  large  brick  stores.”  21  P.  194.  A  small  picture  of  the 
Synagogue  appears  in  the  margin  of  a  map  of  N.  Y.  made  in  1742,  en¬ 
titled  “A  Plan  of  the  City  and  Environs  of  New  York.”  Original  in 


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Library  of  the  New  York  Historical  Society.  It  was  the  only  Syna¬ 
gogue  building  in  New  York  City  for  more  than  100  years. 

On  January  24,  1740,  Abraham  Isaacks  was  naturalized  under  The 
Naturalization  Act  of  1740  (13  Geo.  II,  c.  7.)  (See  manuscript 
record  owned  by  the  New  York  Public  Library,  Fifth  Avenue  and 
42nd  Street,  entitled  “The  Severall  Persons  hereafter  named  took 
the  Oaths  made  repeated  the  Declaration  as  Directed  by  an  Act  of 
Parliament  made  in  the  thirteenth  year  of  the  Reign  of  King  George 
the  Second— entitled  ‘An  Act  for  Naturalizing  such  foreign  Protes¬ 
tants,  and  others  herein  mentioned,  as  are  settled  or  shall  settle 
in  any  of  His  Majesty’s  Colonies  in  America.’)”  37  P.  369. 

There  were  at  least  eleven  other  Jewish  merchants  who  were 
naturalized  at  the  same  time  and  place,  to  wit:  Mordecai  Gomez, 
Daniel  Gomez,  Jacob  Ferro,  Jr.,  Samuel  Levy,  Samuel  Myers  Cohen, 
Abraham  Myers  Cohen,  Isaac  Levy,  Solomon  Myers,  Joseph  Simson, 
Solomon  Nare. 

References  to  Abraham  Isaacks  are  contained  in  the  Publications 
of  the  American  Jewish  Historical  Society,  notably  in  Volumes  21 
and  27  containing  the  “Lyons  Collection,”  chiefly  in  reference  to 
the  activities  of  the  Jewish  Community  and  of  the  Congregation 
Shearith  Israel,  as  follows: 

August  3,  1728 — Petition  to  establish  a  cemetery  on  “two 
lots  of  land  near  the  Cripple  bush  or  swamp,  being  Nos.  84  and 
85,  containing  50'  in  bredth  and  112'  in  length.”  (21  P.  7.) 

August  7,  1728 — Contributed  to  the  purchase  of  the  burial 
ground  aforementioned  one  pound,  eight  shillings.  (Ib.  8.) 

November  3,  1728 — Obligee  in  bond  together  with  Daniel 
Gomez  and  Nathan  Levy  for  the  protection  of  the  building 
fund.  (Ib.  10.) 

November  10,  1728 — Additional  payment  of  ten  pounds 
made.  lb.  19.) 

August  27,  1729 — Paid  four  pounds  as  balance  of  his  of¬ 
fering.  (lb.  20.) 

November  30,  1729 — Paid  one  pound,  eight  shillings  as  bal¬ 
ance  on  his  offering.  (Ib.  21.) 

March  2,  1730 — Paid  one  pound  on  the  balance  of  his  of¬ 
fering.  (lb.  22.) 

April  2,  1730— Fourteen  Shillings  paid.  (Ib.  23.) 

August  26,  1730 — Payment  by  “Abm.  Isaac  for  his  son 
Jacob  made  April  last”  three  pounds.  (Ib.  25.) 

1732-1733 — Application  of  the  schochet  for  increase  of  sal- 


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Section  of  Map  of  New  York  City  by  Wm.  Bradford  (  1728), 
arrow  A  pointing  to  site  of  residence  of  Abraham  Isaacks  on 
Pearl  St.;  arrow  B  to  Synagogue  of  Congregation  Shearith  Is¬ 
rael  on  Mill  Street  of  which  he  was  a  builder  and  Parnas 

Presidente. 


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ary.  Reported  by  Abraham  Isaacs  as  gabay  or  treasurer,  {lb. 
30.) 

September  9,  173 3-— Referred  to  as  the  previous  parnas.  (Ib. 
32.) 

September  5,  1736— Advanced  three  pounds,  fourteen  shill¬ 
ings,  three  pence,  for  payment  of  the  outstanding  debt  of  Sala- 
mon  Isaacs.  (Ib.  35.) 

August  7,  1737— Resolution  to  enforce  payment  of  dues  to 
Congregation,  signed  “Abrm.  Isaacks,  Parnos,  and  Danl  Gomez, 
adjunto.”  (Ib.  37.) 

September  14,  1737— In  list  of  persons  who  contributed 
toward  the  building  of  a  wall  around  the  cemetery.  (Ib.  38.) 

1739-1740 — Payment  made  to  Synagogue.  (Ib.  42.) 

1733-1737— Served  as  parnas  or  president  of  the  Congrega¬ 
tion.  {lb.  211.) 

October  18,  1728— Bond  given  “Abm.  Isaacs”  and  others 
for  proper  disbursement  of  funds  collected  for  building  of  Syna¬ 
gogue.  (27  P.  1.) 

Abraham  Isaacks  died  on  September  24,  1743,  as  stated  on  his 
grave  stone  in  the  cemetery  of  the  Congregation  Shearith  Israel,  near 
the  corner  of  Sixth  Avenue  and  21st  Street,  New  York  City. 

On  October  6,  1743,  Letters  of  Administration  were  issued  to 
“Hannah  Isaacks,  of  the  city  of  New  York,  widow  and  relict  of 
Abraham  Isaacks,  late  of  the  same  place.  Merchant,  deceased,”  to 
administer  his  estate  in  the  province  of  New  York.  23  P.  152.  (New 
York  Historical  Society  Collections,  1892-1905.  “Abstract  of  Wills,” 
Vol.  4,  p.  55,  by  Lee  M.  Friedman. 

On  July  19,  1744,  Hannah  Isaacks,  wife  of  Abraham  Isaacks,  re¬ 
nounced  administration  of  his  estate  in  the  province  of  New  Jersey  to 
Jacob  Isaacks,  his  eldest  son.  Book  D,  4609,  Middlesex  Wills. 

His  sons  were  Jacob  Isaacks,  21  P.  25,  Abraham  Isaacks,  Jr.,  21 
P.  38,  who  was  a  member  of  the  New  York  Militia  in  1738,  2  P.  92, 
Doc.  History  of  New  York,  IV,  211-22;  and  Moses  Isaacks  of  New¬ 
port. 

Abraham  Isaacks  was  the  owner  of  the  following  real  estate: 

(1)  House  and  lot  on  Pearl  Street,  New  York  City,  now 
number  16  Pearl  Street  in  modern  numbering,  fronting  about 
37  feet  on  Pearl  Street,  running  back  about  150  feet  and  50 
feet  wide  in  rear.  Deed  Book  33,  p.  507.  Bought  Sept.  23, 
1728,  from  Wm.  Ball  and  wife.  Deed  Book  31  p.  252.  Abra¬ 
ham  Isaacks  lived  there  from  1728  to  his  death  in  1743.  Sold  by 
Jacob  Isaacks,  eldest  son  and  heir,  to  James  Napier,  January  3, 


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1753.  Deed  Book  33,  543. 

Described  in  deed  as: 

“A  certain  house  &  Lot  of  Ground  scituate  Lying  &  being  within 
the  City  of  New  York  on  the  South  Side  of  a  Certain  Street  com¬ 
monly  called  &  known  by  the  name  of  Pearl  street  bounded  and  con¬ 
taining  in  length  the  Breadth  as  is  herein  more  particularly  and  at 
large  mentioned  and  exprest  which  said  house  &  Lott  of  ground  & 
preemises  was  Ratified  Confirmed  &  Granted  unto  William  Kork  his 
Heirs  and  assigns  by  Richard  Nicolls  Esqr.  late  Govr.  &  Commander 
in  Chief  of  the  Province  of  New  York  under  his  Royal  Highness 
James  Duke  of  York  &  Albany  etc.  as  by  a  certain  grant  &  confirma¬ 
tion  thereof  and  bearing  date  the  twenty  first  day  of  October  in  the 
Nineteenth  year  of  the  Reign  of  King  Charles  Second  one  thousd  six 
hundred  and  sixty  seven  Reference  thereunto  had  doth  &  may  more 
fully  &  at  large  appear  which  said  William  Kork  was  the  Grant 
father  of  Dirck  Kork  who  is  Heir  at  Law  of  the  said  William  Kork 
which  said  Dirck  Kork  granted  and  conveyed  the  said  mentioned 
House  and  Lott  of  Ground  &  premises  unto  the  said  William  Ball 
his  Heirs  &  assigns  as  by  a  certain  Indenture  or  Instrument  bearing 
date  the  twenty  sixth  day  of  October  last  Reference  Thereunto  had 
doth  more  at  large  appear”  and  “bounded  East  by  the  House  and 
Ground  belonging  to  the  Heirs  of  Johannes  Meyer  Deceased,  West  by 
the  House  and  Ground  of  Jannetie  Valk,  South  by  the  House  and 
Ground  of  Governor  Dungan  or  his  assigns  &  North  by  the  said  Pearl 
Street,  containing  in  Breadth  on  the  front  along  the  street  two  Rodds 
four  foot  four  Inches  &  five  Grains  in  the  breadth  in  the  Rear  three 
Rods  one  foot  three  Inches  on  the  West  side  in  length  Nine  Rods 
seven  Inches  &  on  the  East  side  in  length  nine  Rods  two  foot  &  five 

Inches.” 

In  Gastello’s  pictorial  plan  of  New  Amsterdam  made  in  1660 
(the  original  in  Florence,  Italy)  and  redrafted  in  1916,  the  “House 
and  Lott”  are  actually  depicted  and  may  be  seen  two  hundred  and 
forty  feet  from  the  northeast  corner  of  Pearl  and  Whitehall.  New 

York  Historical  Society’s  Collections. 

The  writer  is  indebted  to  Mr.  Joseph  Lapidus,  assistant  solicitor 
of  the  Title  Guaranty  and  Trust  Company,  176  Broadway,  New  York 
7,  New  York,  for  working  out  the  exact  location  and  the  modern 
numbering,  16  Pearl  Street. 

(2)  Tract  in  Oyster  Bay,  L.  I. 

(3)  Plantation  in  Griggstown,  New  Jersey. 

New  Jersey  Archives,  Vol.  12,  202.  Jacob  Isaacks  sold  it  as 
administrator  of  his  father.  Deed  Book  33,  507.  David  Hays, 
his  agent.  17  P.  39. 


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(4)  Tract  in  Monmouth  County,  New  Jersey,  near  Barnegat, 
comprising  about  six  miles  and  a  quarter  of  beach  front  on  Seale 
Bay  and  Egg  Harbor  Beach.  New  Jersey  Archives,  Volume  1, 
252. 

The  second  son  of  Abraham  Isaacks  was  Moses  Isaacks,  who 
married  Rachael  Mears,  daughter  of  Judah  Mears  and  Jochebed 
Michael  and  sister  of  Rebecca  Mears  who  married  Jacob  Isaacks — 
sisters  marrying  brothers.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Newport, 
R.  I.,  a  Revolutionary  officer,  and  entertained  President  George 
Washington  at  his  home  during  the  presidential  visit  in  1790.  The 
Allen  and  Mitchell  families  of  Philadelphia  and  New  York  are  de¬ 
scendants.  The  Jews  of  Philadelphia.  Henry  Samuel  Morals,  p.  241. 

RELICS  OF  ABRAHAM  ISAACKS 

(1 )  A  manuscript  copy  of  the  Schachrith  (Morning)  service  writ¬ 
ten  by  him  in  his  own  hand. 

The  original  of  this  manuscript  is  now  in  the  possession  of  the 
American  Jewish  Historical  Society.  The  writer  has  in  his  posses¬ 
sion  a  photostatic  copy.  In  27  P.  150,  there  is  the  following:  “Por¬ 
tion  of  the  manuscript  copy  of  Daily  Prayers  in  English  of  Mr.  Abm. 
Isaacs,  grandfather  of  Mr.  Sampson  M.  Isaacs  (Mr.  Isaacs  died  in 
1743).” 

(2)  Talith  (prayer  shawl)  of  crumbling  silk  of  Abraham  Isaacks 
which  came  down  to  the  writer  through  the  same  line  as  the  hheyth 
ornament  described  under  “Hannah  Isaacks.” 


HANNAH  ISAACKS  (16) 


D\te  and  place  of  birth  unknown.  Died  between  July  19,  1744 
and  Sept.  21,  1745. 

Appointed  administrator  of  her  husband,  Oct.  6,  1743,  in  the 
colony  of  New  York.  She  died  and  her  eldest  son,  Jacob  Isaacks,  was 
appointed  in  her  place,  Sept.  24,  1745. 

New  York  Historical  Society  Collections,  1892-1905 ,  Vol.  4,  p. 
55.  23  p.  152. 

Like  steps  were  taken  in  the  colony  of  New  Jersey,  presumably  to 
handle  the  properties  of  Abraham  Isaacks  therein  at  Griggstown,  N.  J. 
Hannah  Isaacks  renounced  administration  July  19,  1744,  and  Jacob 
Isaacks  qualified  in  her  stead  July  27,  1744. 

Her  reunciation  was  signed  by  her  “mark,”  the  Hebrew  letter 
“hheyth”  and  her  name  is  in  the  writing  of  her  son  Jacob. 


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Her  name  “Hannah”  has  been  carried  on  through  eight  genera¬ 
tions  by  her  granddaughter,  Hannah  Isaacks  of  Newport,  her  great 
(2)  granddaughter,  Hannah  Moses  Abrahams  of  Charleston  and  her 
great  (5)  granddaughter,  Mrs.  Hannah  Falk  Regli  of  Mahopac,  New 
York  (Mrs.  Werner  Regli). 

Relic:  a  metallic  brooch  or  neck  ornament  in  the  form  of  the 
Hebrew  letter  “hheyth”  the  first  letter  of  her  name,  Hannah,  meaning 
“Grace”  in  Hebrew.  Given  the  writer  by  his  aunt,  Mrs.  Isaiah  Abra¬ 
ham  Solomons  (Sarah  Falk)  of  Savannah,  to  whom  it  was  given  by 
her  grandmother,  Mrs.  Hannah  Moses  Abrahams  of  Charleston,  to 

O' 

whom  it  was  given  by  her  grandmother,  Mrs.  Hannah  Isaacks  Phil¬ 
lips  of  Newport,  to  whom  it  was  given  by  her  grandmother,  Mrs. 
Hannah  Isaacks  of  New  York. 


JACOB  ISAACKS  (17) 


Merchant  and  ship  broker  of  Newport,  R.  I.  No  definite  evidence 
has  yet  come  to  the  writer  showing  the  place  of  Jacob  Isaacks’ 
birth,  but  circumstances  indicate  that  he  was  born  in  one  of  the 
British  Colonies,  probably  the  Colony  of  New  York.  This  is  inferred 
from  the  fact  that  his  father  was  from  the  City  of  Emden,  in  Friesland, 
then  in  the  Kingdom  of  Holland  (ceded  to  Prussia  in  1744)  and  came 
to  the  British  Colonies  as  an  alien,  the  New  York  Colony  having 
been  taken  from  the  Dutch  by  the  English  in  1664.  Abraham 
Isaacks,  the  father,  was  naturalized  by  the  General  Assembly  of  New 
York  in  1722,  made  a  freeman  of  the  City  of  New  York  in  1723,  and 
naturalized  as  a  citizen  of  the  British  Empire  in  1740  under  Act  of 
Parliament.  It  is  apparent  that  the  father  was  well  aware  of  the  im¬ 
portance  of  naturalization,  and  presumably  would  have  had  his  son 
naturalized  had  it  been  necessary. 

Prom  the  fact  that  none  of  these  steps  were  taken  by  the  son, 
Jacob  Isaacks,  it  is  inferred  that  he  was  born  in  a  British  Colony, 
probably  New  York. 

The  records  show  that  the  father,  Abraham  Isaacks,  owned  prop¬ 
erty  in  Griggs  Town,  Somerset  County,  on  the  Millstone  River,  in 
New  Jersey;  in  Barnegat,  Colony  of  New  Jersey;  in  Oyster  Bay, 
Long  Island,  in  the  Colony  of  New  York;  and  in  New  York  City, 
where  he  is  buried. 

Jacob  Isaacks  may  have  been  born  in  any  one  of  these  places. 


Dying  in  March  1798  at  an  “advanced  age,”  and  assuming  85 


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years,  he  was  born  about  1713. 

Married  Rebecca  Mears  October  8,  1760.  Their  children  were: 
Samson,  Judah,  Josey,  Grace,  Rachel,  Hannah  and  Abraham,  33 
P.  210. 

July  27,  1744 — Letters  of  Administration  were  issued  to  Jacob 
Isaacks  for  the  Estate  of  Abraham  Isaacks  in  the  province  of  New 
Jersey. 

September  24,  1745- — Letters  of  Administration  were  issued  to 
Jacob  Isaacks,  eldest  son  of  Abraham  Isaacks,  for  the  administration 
of  that  part  of  his  estate  which  remained  unadministered  by  his  wife, 
Hannah  Isaacks,  who  was  first  appointed  administratrix.  The  prop¬ 
erty  referred  to  as  being  “a  part  of  the  Estate  of  Abraham  Isaacks” 
was  a  plantation  in  Griggs  Town  on  the  Millstone  River  in  Somerset 
County,  New  Jersey. 

What  is  probably  a  description  of  the  place  is  contained  in  an 
advertisement  in  New  Jersey  Archives,  Volume  12,  202,  as  follows: 
“To  be  sold  a  very  good  plantation  in  Griggs-Town,  Somerset  Coun¬ 
ty,  New  Jersey,  joining  to  Mr.  Nobles  Mills  on  Millstone  River,  con¬ 
taining  about  120  acres  of  good  land,  with  a  good  dwelling  house, 
store  house,  barn,  two  barracks  and  orchard,  and  an  extensive  well, 
30  acres  of  good  meadow,  and  very  good  conveniences.  Whoever 
has  a  mind  to  purchase  the  same,  may  inform  themselves  of  David 
Hays,  living  on  the  premises,  or  of  Isaac  Seixas,  in  Stone  Street,  New 
York,  N.B.  The  title  is  indisputable.  From  the  New  York  Weekly 
Post  Boy,  January  2,  1744.” 

1744 —  In  1744  Jacob  Isaacks  moved  from  New  York  City,  where 
he  had  previously  lived,  to  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  where  he  re¬ 
mained  until  his  death  March  20,  1798. 

1745 —  -In  1745  one  Jacob  Isaacs  was  a  private  in  the  company  of 
Captain  Samuel  Lumbart,  which  was  the  10th  Company  of  the  7th 
Massachusetts  Regiment,  commanded  by  Colonel  Shubel  Gorham, 
in  the  expedition  sent  out  by  the  Colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay  for 
the  capture  of  Louisbourg  in  Cape  Brenton  in  1745.  {Volume  25  of 
the  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register,  461.) 

This  is  a  part  of  an  article  on  “Louisbourg  Soldiers,”  communi¬ 
cated  by  the  Hon.  Charles  Hudson,  of  Lexington,  Massachusetts,  in 
October,  1870.  The  beginning  of  this  article  is  found  in  Volume  24, 
page  367,  in  which  it  was  said: 

“Every  antiquary  who  has  attempted  to  explore  that  field 
must  have  been  disappointed  in  not  being  able  to  find  a  list  of 
the  gallant  men  who  served  in  the  memorable  expedition  to 


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Interior  view  of  the  Snoga  (as  then  called — Portuguese  for  Syna¬ 
gogue)  of  the  Congregation  Yeshuat  Israel  (Help  of  Israel)  at 
Newport,  R.  I.,  of  which  Jacob  Isaacks  was  one  of  the  building 
committee  in  1759.  A  memorial  to  Abraham  Touro.  Facing  is 
the  Ark  containing  the  Holy  Scrolls,  with  the  Ten  Command¬ 
ments  lettered  above.  To  the  left  (not  shown)  the  raised  seat 
for  the  Parnas  Presidente,  in  which  General  Washington  sat  at 
the  time  of  his  visit  to  Newport  in  1781.  From  1763  until  about 
1800  when  they  departed  for  Charleston,  S.  C.,  the  beloved 
Sanctuary  of  Jacob  Isaacks  and  his  kindred.  Made  a  National 

Shrine  in  1947. 


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Cape  Breton  in  1745,  when  the  undisciplined  militia  of  New 
England  took  Louisbourg  from  the  veteran  troops  of  France. 
It  will  be  recollected  that  that  expedition  originated  with  the 
Colony,  and  was  executed  by  colonial  troops.  The  bravery  dis¬ 
played  and  the  complete  success  which  crowned  the  enterprise, 
attracted  attention  across  the  Atlantic,  so  that  the  mother  coun¬ 
try  readily  assumed  the  act  and  paid  the  cost  of  the  expedition. 
To  adjust  these  accounts,  it  became  necessary  that  they  should 
have  the  rolls,  and  they  were  accordingly  sent  to  England  and 
have  never  been  returned.” 

On  October  16,  1752,  Jacob  Isaacks  executed  a  power  of  attorney 
to  Joseph  Simson  and  Samuel  Hart  to  sell  for  him  as  administrator 
of  his  father,  Abraham  Isaacks:  a  house  and  lot  in  Pearl  St.,  lot  of 
land  in  Oyster  Bay  on  Long  Island  and  house  and  lot  in  Griggstown, 
New  Jersey.  Liber  33,  p.  507.  N.  Y.  Hall  of  Records. 

February,  1758 — The  appeal  of  Jacob  Isaacks  to  the  King  and 
Council  against  John  Merritt  was  referred  to  the  Right  Honourable 
the  Lords  of  the  Committee  of  Council  for  handling  appeals  for  the 
plantations,  to-wit:  The  Lord  President,  The  Earl  of  Halifax,  Earl 
of  Egmont,  Lord  Berkeley  of  Stratton,  Lord  Sandys,  Master  of  the 
Rolls,  and  Chas.  Townshend,  Esqr.  The  appeal  was  sustained  and 
the  judgment  of  the  Superior  Court  for  Providence  County,  Rhode 
Island,  was  reversed,  Isaacks  thus  winning  the  case. 

In  that  connection,  see  Privy  Council  2/105,  p.  471,  and  Privy 
Council  2/106,  pp.  33-35,  40,  Public  Record  Office  Chancery  Lane, 
\^^  C.  2,  London,  England.  See  also  ‘'Annual  Report  of  the  American 
Historical  Association  for  1894,”  by  Harold  D.  Hazeltine,  pp.  343- 
345. 

In  the  records  of  Congregation  Shearith  Israel,  on  April  16,  1747, 
the  name  of  Jacob  Isaacks  appeared  in  “a  list  of  such  persons  as  have 
been  taxt  according  to  the  aforesaid  resolution,  with  the  sums  they 
are  to  pay  for  one  year,  Vizt:  Jacob  Isaacks,  3.10.”  (27  P.  53.) 

In  1747  memorandum  of  payment  by  him  of  3.8.9  (27  P.  55.) 

On  October  5,  1750,  mentioned  as  a  contributor  to  seats  in  the 
amount  of  1.16.6.  (27  P.  64.) 

On  March  21,  1759,  Jacob  Isaacks  was  one  of  a  committee  of  the 
Congregation  Yeshuat  Israel,  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  that  so¬ 
licited  assistance  for  the  erection  of  a  Synagogue  in  Newport  from 
the  Congregation  Shearith  Israel  in  New  York  City.  (27  P.  178.) 
On  the  same  page  is  a  letter  acknowledging  receipt  of  such  help, 
dated  May  28,  1759,  together  with  a  facsimile  of  the  signatures  on 
the  letter,  including  that  of  Jacob  Isaacks  which  were: 


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Abm  R.’s  Reveira,  Isaac  Polock,  Aaron  Lopez,  Moses  Lopez, 
Jacob  Isaacks,  Isaac  Elizer,  Moses  Lopez,  L  Hart,  Jacob  Rod’s 
Rivera,  Issackar  Polock. 

Addressed  to  Messrs.  Mayer  Myers  and  Jacob  Franks.  Parnassim  of 
K.  K.  Sebert  Israel  at  New  York. 

October  8,  1760 — Jacob  Isaacks  was  married  to  Miss  Rebecca 
Mears,  daughter  of  Judah  Mears,  son  of  Samson  Mears.  Her  mother 
was  Jochebed  Michaels,  daughter  of  Moses  Michaels.  {Record  of 
Marriages  in  Record  Book  of  the  Congregation  Shearith  Israel,  New 
York  City,  Vol.  1,  folio  14.) 

1760 —  Mentioned  in  Stiles  Diary,  “Jews  in  Newport  in  1760.” 

{Diary  of  Ezra  Stiles,  Vol.  1,  p.  11.) 

1762 — Mentioned  in  the  article  “Ezra  Stiles  and  the  Jews,”  by 
Rev.  W.  Winner,  of  Meridian,  Mississippi. 

In  Book  of  Miscellaneous  Notes  appears  a  “list  of  owners  of  ves¬ 
sels  in  Newport  in  1762.  Mr.  Jacob  Isaacs  1  brig.”  (8  p.  124.) 

1761 —  Jacob  Isaacks  was  a  member  of  a  club  formed  by  the  Jews 
of  Newport  in  1761.  In  the  Newport  Historical  Magazine,  Vol.  4,  pp. 
58-60,  (found  in  the  library  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society 
of  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  Clarence  S.  Brigham,  Director  in  1932) 
the  editor  of  which  magazine  was  R.  Hammett  Tilley,  of  Newport,  is 
an  article  relating  to  this  club,  as  follows: 


“A  CLUB  FORMED  BY  THE  JEWS,  1761 

“By  the  courtesy  of  David  King,  Esq.,  we  are  enabled  to 
present  the  following  curious  paper  to  our  readers,  which  is  in¬ 
teresting  as  affording  a  glimpse  of  the  social  life  of  a  very  in¬ 
teresting  and  important  portion  of  the  denizens  of  this  ancient 
borough  in  its  days  of  metropolitan  splendor.  Evidently  prog¬ 
ress  has  been  made,  since  half  a  bottle  of  wine  was  regarded 
as  enough  to  supply  each  guest  at  a  banquet,  and  10  o’clock  at 
night  the  period  for  its  conclusion. — (Ed.) 

“RULES  NECESSARY  TO  BE  OBSERVED  AT  THE  CLUB  VIZ: 


Newport,  R.  L,  November  25th,  1761. 

First  — The  club  to  be  held  every  Wednesday  evening  during 
the  winter  season.  The  members  to  be  nine  in  number; 
and  by  the  majority  of  votes  a  chairman  to  be  elected 
to  serve  one  month  only. 


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Second 

Third 

Fourth 

Fifth 


Sixth 


Seventh 


Eighth 


Ninth 


Tenth 


Eleventh 


Twelfth 


— After  one  month,  or  four  club  nights,  a  new  chairman 
to  be  elected  in  the  manner  aforesaid. 

— No  person  to  be  admitted  as  a  member  of  said  club 
without  approbation  of  the  members. 

— Each  of  the  members  shall  have  liberty  to  invite  his 
friends  to  the  club,  well  understood,  one  at  a  time  only. 

— -The  hours  of  the  club  to  be  from  5  to  10,  in  the  man¬ 
ner  following:  From  5  to  8  each  member  is  at  liberty 
to  divert  at  cards,  and  in  order  to  avoid  the  name  of  a 
gaming  club,  the  following  restrictions  shall  be  strictly 
observed,  viz.:  That  no  member  shall  presume  or  offer 
to  play  for  more  than  twenty  shillings  at  whist,  picquet 
or  any  other  game  besides  his  club;  on  proof  of  gaming 
for  any  more,  the  member  or  members  so  offending 
shall  pay  the  value  of  four  bottles  good  wines  for  the 
use  and  benefit  of  the  ensuing  club  night. 

— At  eight  of  the  clock  the  supper  (if  ready)  to  be 
brought  in.  At  ten  the  club  to  be  adjusted  and  paid, 
and  no  cards  or  any  other  game  shall  be  allowed  after 
supper. 

—After  supper  if  any  of  the  members  have  any  motion 
to  make  relating  to  the  club  he  must  wait  until  the 
chairman  has  just  drank  some  loyal  toast. 

— That  none  of  the  members  shall  .  .  .  during  .  .  .  con¬ 
versation  relating  to  Synagogue  affairs,  on  the  forfeit 
of  the  value  of  four  bottles  good  wine  for  the  use  as 
aforesaid. 

— If  any  of  the  members  shall  behave  unruly,  curse, 
swear  or  offer  to  fight,  the  chairman  shall  lay  such  fine 
as  he  sees  fit,  not  exceeding,  for  each  offence,  four 
bottles  good  wine  for  the  use  aforesaid. 

— If  any  of  the  members  happen  to  be  sick  or  absent,  by 
acquainting  Mr.  Myer  with  the  same,  shall  be  exempt 
from  paying  anything  towards  the  club,  but  if  no  notice 
given  as  aforesaid,  shall  pay  his  quota  of  the  supper 
only. 

— If  any  of  the  members  does  not  meet  at  club  nights, 
and  can’t  offer  sufficient  reason  for  so  doing,  the  chair¬ 
man  with  the  members  shall  determine  if  he  or  they 
are  to  pay  the  proportion  of  the  whole  club,  or  the 
quota  of  supper  only. 

— If  any  of  the  members  neglect  coming  to  club  three 
nights  successively  without  being  sick  or  absent,  shall 
be  deemed  unwilling,  consequently  his  name  shall  be 


Eighty-three 


erased  from  the  list,  not  to  be  admitted  during  the 
season  without  the  consent  of  the  chairman  and  all  the 
members. 

Fourteenth — Every  member,  after  signing  the  articles,  and  not  willing 
afterwards  to  conform  to  the  same,  his  or  their  names 
shall  be  erased  out  of  the  list,  and  no  more  to  be  ad¬ 
mitted  during  the  season. 

In  witness  whereof  the  members  of  said  club  have 
signed  their  respective  names  the  day  and  year  above 
written. 


MOSES  LOPEZ 
ISAAC  POLOCK 
JACOB  ISAACKS 
ABR’M  SARZEDAS 
NAPT.  HART 


MOSES  LEVY 
ISSACHAR  POLOCK 
NAPHT.  HART,  JR. 
JACOB  RODS.  RIVERA 


Thirteenth  — At  a  club  held  the  16th  day  of  December,  1761,  it  is 
resolved  and  agreed  by  the  chairman  and  the  majority 
of  all  the  members  that  these  articles  be  inserted 
amongst  the  rules  of  said  club,  viz; 

That  in  case  the  chairman  is  not  at  the  club,  the 
secretary,  for  the  time  being  shall  take  his  place,  and  the 
same  obedience  shall  be  paid  him  as  if  the  chairman 
was  present,  and  to  be  invested  with  equal  authority. 
As  also  the  said  secretary  is  hereby  empowered  to 
nominate  with  the  concurrence  of  the  members  then 
present,  a  secretary  to  supply  his  place  for  the  time 
being;  and  that  every  month  a  secretary  shall  be 
elected  in  the  same  manner  and  form  as  the  chairman 


is  elected.” 


“VERA  COPPIA” 

1763 — Admitted  to  St.  John’s  Masonic  Lodge  of  Newport.  (79 
P.  18-19). 

1 772 — Insolvent. 

1783 — Ship  builder. 

September  3,  1776 — Jacob  Isaacks  loaned  three  four-pounders  to 
the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  as  evidenced  by  the  following  resolution 
introduced  and  passed  in  the  House  of  Magistrates,  with  the  amend¬ 
ment  on  the  reverse: 

“Sept.  3d,  1776  To  the  house  of  Magts 

Genn 

Resolved  That  the  Four  four  pounders  belong¬ 
ing  to  Mr.  Henery  John  Overing  and  the  three  four 


Eighty -four 


pounders  belonging  to  Jacob  Isaacs  in  the  posses¬ 
sion  of  this  State  be  delivered  to  Mr.  John  Smith, 
he  producing  an  order  for  the  Same  from  the 
Aforenamd  Persons. 

Voted  and  past 
P  Or  dr  J.  Lyndon  Clers 
{Printed  in  Rhode  Island 
Colonial  Records  VII,  p.  608.) 

(REVERSE) 

In  the  Upper  House 

Read  the  same  Day  and  concurred  with  this  Amendment 
That  Proof  be  First  made  of  their  Property  to  the  Satisfaction 
of  Peter  Phillips  Esqr  and  the  Receipts  given  therefor  in  Behalf 
of  the  State. 

By  Ordr  Henry  Ward,  Secry. 

Read  in  the  Lower  House  &  concurred  with  ye  Amendment 

P  Ordr  J.  Lyndon” 

John  Smith  was  the  Deputy  from  the  Town  of  Providence  and  a 
member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety. 

Peter  Phillips  was  of  North  Kingston,  and  a  member  of  the  House 
of  Magistrates  and  Commissary  of  the  Army  of  Observation. 

October,  1781 — A  resolution  was  adopted  by  the  Rhode  Island 
Assembly  on  the  petition  of  Jacob  Isaacks.  The  report  of  the  Com¬ 
mittee  on  this  petition  has  not  been  found.  {Schedule  for  October, 
1781,  p.  19  in  the  manuscript  records  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  Office  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  Providence. 
State  Bureau  of  Information,  Howard  W.  Preston,  Director.) 

Schedule  October  1781  p.  19 

“Whereas  Mr.  Jacob  Isaacks  of  Newport,  preferred  a  Petition,  and 
represented  unto  this  Assembly,  that  he  was  possessed  of  Eighty-six 
Casks  of  white  and  spermaceti  oil,  of  his  own  Property,  which  he 
lodged  in  Warren,  under  the  Care  of  Martin  Luther,  in  December, 
A.D.  1776;  and  by  an  Order  of  the  Council  of  War,  in  July,  A.D. 
1778,  the  said  oil  was  removed  by  the  sheriff  of  the  County  of  Bristol 
to  Providence,  and  thereupon  he  prayed  this  Assembly  to  appoint  a 
Committee  to  enquire  into  the  same:  Which  being  duly  considered. 
It  is  voted  and  Resolved  that  John  Jenckes  and  Adam  Comstock, 
Esquires,  be  and  they  hereby  appointed  a  Committee,  to  make 
Enquiry  into  the  subject-matter  of  the  said  Petition:  That  they 
enquire  whose  Property  the  said  oil  was,  when  taken  into  Custody, 
together  with  the  Quantity,  and  every  Circumstance  relating  thereto. 


Eighty -five 


and  in  particular  what  became  of  the  monies  arising  from  the  Sale 
thereof,  and  that  they  report  the  issue  to  this  Assembly  at  the  next 
Session,  that  Justice  may  be  done.” 

August  20,  1785 — In  the  Newport  Mercury  on  the  third  page 
is  a  notice,  as  follows: 

“Marriage) — Mr.  Jacob  Phillips,  of  New  York,  to  Miss  Han¬ 
nah  Isaacks,  eldest  daughter  of  Mr.  Jacob  Isaacks,  of  this  City.” 

(Note  that  in  the  genealogical  chart  of  the  invaluable  article  by  lyda 
R.  Hirsch  on  “The  Mears  Family  and  Their  Connections,”  in  33  P. 
200,  Hannah  is  not  listed  as  the  eldest  daughter.) 

The  original  of  this  newspaper  is  found  in  the  John  Carter  Brown 
Library,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 

On  the  same  page  appears  an  advertisement  of  Jacob  Isaacks, 
as  follows: 

“To  be  disposed  of,  by  Jacob  Isaacks,  a  Brigantine  of  about 
160  Tons,  Four  Years  old,  lately  fitted  for  a  Guineaman,  of  the 
following  Dimensions,  viz.  62  Foot  Keel,  23  Foot  Beam,  and 
about  5  Feet  between  Decks,  with  all  her  Sails  and  Rigging  in 
good  order. 

ALSO 

A  single-deck’d  Brigantine,  18  Months  old,  of  about  155 
Tons;  a  new  double-deck’d  Ditto  of  170  Tons,  completely  fitted 
with  Rigging,  Sails  &  and  a  Number  of  Hulls  of  Vessels  from 
60  to  120  Tons,  now  on  the  Docks,  and  nearly  completed. 

LIKEWISE 

High  proof  West-India  Rum,  by  the  Hogshead  at  2/6,  per 
Gallon,  and  by  the  Quantity  cheaper;  Bohea  Tea,  by  the  Chest 
or  smaller  Quantity;  Rice  by  the  Cask  and  Tar  by  the  Barrell. 
Newport,  August  20,  1785.” 

August  19,  1790 — George  Washington,  President  of  the  United 
States,  arrived  in  Newport  for  a  visit  of  state  accompanied  by  George 
Clinton,  Governor  of  the  State  of  New  York,  Mr.  Jefferson,  Secre¬ 
tary  of  State,  Mr.  Justice  Blair,  one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States,  and  others.  On  page  three  of  the  Newport 
Herald  of  August  19,  1790,  occurs  the  following  paragraph  after  the 
report  of  this  visit: 

“Mr.  Jacob  Isaacks,  of  this  town,  has  made  such  further  im¬ 
provements  in  extracting  fresh  water  from  ocean  water,  as  to 
take  nine  and  one  half  parts  of  fresh  water  from  ten  of  ocean 


Eiiihty-six 


water,  so  as  to  answer  either  for  land  or  sea  for  all  the  common 
culinary  purposes  of  fountain  or  river  water. 

“Mr.  Isaacks  presented  a  bottle  of  water  extracted  by  him  to 
his  Excellency,  the  President  of  the  United  States,  who  was 
pleased  to  express  himself  highly  satisfied  therewith.” 

February  25,  1791. 

From  United  States  House  Journal  1st  &,  2nd  Congress  1789- 
1793  Page  390 

JOURNAL  OF  THE  HOUSE 

Friday,  February  25.  (1791) 

“A  petition  of  Jacob  Isaacs,  of  Newport,  in  the  State  of  Rhode 
Island,  was  presented  to  the  House  and  Read,  praying  that  some  ade¬ 
quate  reward  or  gratuity  may  be  made  to  him,  for  the  discovery  of 
an  art  or  secret  which  he  possesses,  of  converting  salt  water  into 
fresh,  so  as  to  render  it  proper  for  every  purpose  for  which  spring 
or  fresh  water  is  wanted,  by  a  simple  process,  easy  and  unexpensive. 

Ordered  that  the  said  petition  be  referred  to  the  Secretary  of  State, 
with  instructions  to  examine  the  same,  and  report  his  opinion  there¬ 
upon  to  the  House.” 

Tuesday,  November  22,  1791. 

“The  Speaker  laid  before  the  House  a  letter  from  the  Secretary 
of  State,  accompanying  his  report  on  the  petition  of  Jacob  Isaacs; 
which  was  read,  and  ordered  to  be  on  the  table.”  Ibid,  page  459. 

In  making  his  report  Mr.  Jefferson  called  in  the  aid  of  Dr.  David 
Rittenhouse,  President  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  Dr. 
Caspar  Wistar,  Professor  of  Chemistry  at  the  College  of  Philadelphia, 
Dr.  Hutchinson,  Professor  of  Chemistry,  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  Dr.  Center. 

Mr.  Jefferson  filed  an  extended  adverse  report  reviewing  the  whole 
subject  of  obtaining  fresh  water  from  salt,  mentioning  the  discoveries 
of  Lord  Bacon  and  Sir  Richard  Hawkins  in  the  16th  century,  Glauber, 
Horton,  and  Lister  in  the  17th  and  Hales,  Appleby,  Butler,  Chapman, 
Hoffman,  Dove,  Lind,  Irvin  and  de  Bougainville  in  the  18th  century, 
and  on  November  26,  1791,  the  same  was  examined  and  recorded 
in  Congress.  {See  Jefferson  manuscript,  Department  of  State,  in  the 
Library  of  Congress,  4th  Series,  Vol  1,  p.  140;  Ibid  1st  Series,  Vol. 
4,  p.  254;  Ibid,  page  159;  showing  also  letter  to  Dr.  Center,  dated 
Philadelphia,  March  26th,  1791;  letter  to  Dr.  Hutchinson,  dated 
Philadelphia,  March  12,  1791;  letter  to  Dr.  Wistar,  dated  Philadel¬ 
phia,  March  20,  1791;  and  letter  to  Mr.  Isaacks,  dated  Philadelphia, 
November  23,  1791.) 


Eiighty-seven 


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Facsimile  of  first  page  of  report  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  Secretary 
of  State,  on  the  petition  of  Jacob  Isaacks.  Archives  of  Depart¬ 
ment  of  State,  Washington. 


Eigthy-eight 


It  has  been  said  that  the  style  of  the  handwriting  of  Mr.  Jefferson’s 
report  indicates  that  it  was  written  by  Benjamin  Bankson,  Secretary 
to  the  Secretary  of  State  and  his  Chief  Clerk. 

See  article  by  Herbert  Friedenwald,  Ph.D.:  “Jacob  Isaacks  and 
his  method  of  converting  salt  water  into  fresh  water.”  (2  P.  111.) 

See  also  “The  Jews  in  Newport”  by  M.  J.  Kohler,  (6  P.  77).  The 
Writings  of  Thomas  Jefferson  (Monticello  Edition)  Thomas  Jeffer¬ 
son  Memorial  Association  of  the  U.  S.,  Washington,  D.  C.,  1905. 
Vol.  Ill,  1  et  seq. 

March  20,  1798— In  the  Newport  Mercury  of  Tuesday,  March 
20,  1798,  appeared  the  notice  of  the  death  of  Jacob  Isaacks,  as 
follows : 

“Died)  In  this  Town,  on  Sunday  Evening  last,  in  an  ad¬ 
vanced  Age.  Mr.  Jacob  Isaacks,  a  worthy  Member  of  the  Jewish 
Society  to  which  he  belonged.  He  bore  a  painful  and  lingering 
Illness  with  Patience  and  Resignation;  and  as  Honor,  Integrity 
and  Rectitude  of  Conduct  ever  marked  his  Character,  he  rests 
where  they  are  rewarded,  though  he  died  much  lamented  and 
regretted  by  all  who  knew  him.”  {Arnold's  Vital  Records  of 
Rhode  Island,  Vol.  13,  p.  521.) 

Similar  notices  appeared  in  the  Providence  U.  S.  Chronicle  of 
March  29,  1798  {Arnold,  Vol.  15,  p.  519)  and  in  the  Providence 
Gazette  of  March  24,  1798  {Arnold,  Vol.  12,  p.  54.) 

May  7,  1798 — Administration  on  the  Estate  of  Jacob  Isaacks 
granted  to  Rebecca  Isaacks,  of  Newport.  (Book  3  of  Administrations, 
p.  95.) 

May  8,  1798 — Inventry  filed  totaling  $92.68. 

June  2-10,  1799— Report  of  Debts  totaling  $101.39. 

Hs  ❖  ❖ 

The  probability  is  that  Mr.  Isaacks  was  buried  in  the  Cemetery 
Yeshuat  Israel  in  Newport,  but  search  by  the  writer  in  1930  for  a 
grave  stone  was  unsuccessful.  Fragments  may  be  found  among  the 
buried  debris  of  old  broken  grave  stones  which  were  gathered  up 
and  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  the  time  it  was  cleared  up  and  put 
in  order  for  the  funeral  of  Judah  Touro,  June  6,  1854. 


HANNAH  ISAACKS  (18) 


Her  marriage  was  reported  in  the  “Newport  Mercury”  of  Au¬ 
gust  20,  1785  as  follows: 

“Married — Mr.  Jacob  Phillips  of  New  York,  to  Miss  Hannah 


Eighty-nine 


Isaacks,  eldest  Daughter  of  Mr.  Jacob  Isaacks  of  this  City. 

Her  death  was  reported  in  the  same  paper  of  April  24,  1798  as 

follows: 

“Died — At  Martinico,  on  the  8th  day  of  March  last,  Mrs. 
Hannah  Phillips  Consort  of  Mr.  Jacob  Phillips  and  Daughter 
of  the  late  Mr.  Jacob  Isaacks,  of  this  Town.” 


SAMSON  MEERES  or  MEARS  (19) 

PROMINENT  merchant  and  Communal  leader  of  London. 

Date  and  place  of  birth  unknown.  Died  in  London  1711.  Mar¬ 
ried  Joy  or  Joyce. 

That  he  was  the  father  of  Judah  Mears  and  the  grandfather  of 
Rebecca  Mears,  the  wife  of  Jacob  Isaacks,  is  shown  by  the  records 
of  the  Congregation  Shearith  Israel  concerning  the  marriage  of  the 
latter  October  8,  1760,  in  which  Rebecca  is  referred  to  as  the 
“daughter  of  Judah,  son  of  Samson.”  Marriage  contract  of  Jacob 
Isaacks  and  Rebecca  Mears,  in  Volume  1,  page  12,  dated  28  Tishri, 
5521. 

The  children  of  Samson  and  Joy  (Meeres)  Mears  were  (1)  Judah, 
who  married  Jochebed  Michaels,  daughter  of  Moses  Michaels  and 
granddaughter  of  Asher  Michaels  de  Paul  and  (2)  Grace  who  married 
first  Moses  Levy  and  second  David  Hays.  33  P.  199-210. 

On  August  15,  1701,  describing  himself  as  Samson  Mears  of 
London,  Merchant,  he  executed  a  power  of  attorney  to  Moses  Levy 
and  Samuel  Levy  of  New  York  (brothers)  for  better  management  of 
my  affairs  in  New  York  and  in  the  West  Indies,  etc.  Recorded  in 
Deed  Book  25,  page  10.  Hall  of  Records,  N.  Y.  City. 

Supporting  Marcus  Moses  in  his  long  struggle  with  the  “Great 
Synagogue”  in  1702,  Samson  Mears  and  Abraham  Nathan  were 
leaders  in  the  movement  w'hich  eventuated  in  the  establishment  of 
the  “Hambro”  Synagogue  in  1724  in  Magpie  Alley,  also  known  as 
Fenchurch  Street  Synagogue,  which  “prospered  greatly  and  was 
for  over  two  centuries,  one  of  the  principal  synagogues  in  London, 
it  was  pulled  down  in  1893  to  make  room  for  city  improvements, 
and  its  place  in  the  United  Synagogue  of  London  was  taken  by  a  new 
synagogue  erected  in  Union  Street,  Commercial  Road. 

The  Jewish  Encyclopaedia,  vol.  VI  191.  A  History  of  the 
Jews  in  England  A.M.  Hyamson,  p.  241.  History  of  the  Jews 
in  London,  Elkan  Nathan  Adler,  pp.  116-119. 


Ninety 


From  the  ''History  of  The  Great  Synagogue,”  London,  1690-1940 
by  Cecil  Roth: 

In  Chapter  III,  “The  Fathers  of  the  Community”  page  26:  “An¬ 
other  noteworthy  family  was  that  of  Mears,  probably  of  Dutch 
origin.  Sampson  Mears  was  an  importer  and  shipowner,  whom  we 
meet  later  on  as  a  dockyard  superintendent.  His  kinsman,  Jacob, 
was  subsequently  at  the  head  of  a  syndicate  of  English  merchants 
and  sea-captains  who  approached  the  King  of  Prussia  with  an  East 
African  colonization  scheme,  which,  had  it  been  carried  out,  might 
have  changed  the  face  of  history.” 

Page  29:  “We  have  left  the  most  prominent  of  all  to  the  last. 
This  was  the  learned,  restless,  overbearing  R.  Abraham,  who  had 
resided  so  long  in  London  that  he  was  often  called  Reb  Aberle 
London,  though  sometimes  from  his  place  of  origin  Reb  Aberle  Ham¬ 
burger.  The  son  of  the  Hamburg  Parnas  R.  Moses  Nathan,  or  Nor- 
den,  famous  in  that  community  in  his  day,  he  had  received  a  thorough 
Talmudic  education  and  was  given  the  Rabbinical  diploma:  though 
his  material  circumstances  were  so  good  that  it  was  unnecessary  for 
him  to  make  use  of  it  except  (it  must  be  feared)  when  he  wanted  to 
make  himself  a  nuisance  to  others.  He  was  a  merchant  on  a  large 
scale,  in  partnership  with  Sampson  Mears,  and  their  ships  went  as 
far  afield  as  the  West  Indies.” 

Page  28:  “The  Assessment  Records  of  the  City  parishes  in  1695 
give  us  several  names,  which  indicate  something  of  the  numerical  im¬ 
portance  of  the  community.  In  the  parish  of  St.  James’s,  Duke’s 
Place,  alone  we  find  Sampson  Marks,  Michael  Boss,  Emanuel  Isaac, 
Mordecai  Abraham, — Meers,  etc.” 

Page  35:  Beginning  the  narrative  of  the  secession  from  the  Great 
Synagogue  which  led  to  the  establishment  of  the  Hambro’  Synagogue, 
it  is  said:  “One  of  Marcus  Moses’  closest  business  associates  was  a 
certain  Abraham  Nathan,  whom  he  accompanied  more  than  once 
to  the  Continent.  It  would  seem  that  the  two  and  Sampson  Mears, 
R.  Aberle’s  partner,  homesick  for  the  scholarly  traditions  of  Ham¬ 
burg,  wished  to  set  up  in  London  a  Beth  haMidrash  for  study,  with 
a  synagogue  attached,  etc.” 

Page  36:  The  first  legal  move  against  the  plan  was  the  following 
citation  from  the  Court  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  London: 

“Tuesday,  20  March,  1704 

Mr.  Abraham  Mendez  and  Mr.  Moses  Hart  now  acquainting  this 
court  that  Abraham  Nathan  an  inhabitant  in  St.  Mary  Axe,  Samson 
Mears  inhabiting  in  Goodmans  Fields  and  Marcus  Moses  of  White¬ 
chapel,  Jews  of  the  German  Nation  and  others  were  erecting  a  New 
Synagogue  in  St.  Mary  Axe  aforesaid  without  permission  of  this 


Ninety-one 


Court.  It  is  ordered  that  the  said  Abraham  Nathan,  Samson  Mears 
and  Marcus  Moses  be  summoned  to  attend  this  Court  upon  Thursday 
next  to  shew  cause  why  they  presume  to  take  upon  them  to  erect 
a  new  place  for  Jewish  Worship  without  any  Authority  for  the  Same, 
and  that  the  said  Mr.  Mendez  and  Mr.  Hart  be  present  at  the  same 
time.” 

Page  64:  “The  Mears  family  too  had  their  connections  in  the 
colonies.” 

In  the  “Chronological  Synopsis”  page  301,  the  following  refer¬ 
ences  to  the  “Hambro’  ”  Synagogue  appear: 

1704.  Attempt  to  set  up  a  rival  congregation  suppressed. 

1706.  Dispute  leading  to  establishment  of  “Hambro’  ”  Synagogue. 

1805.  “Treaty”  between  the  City  Synagogues. 

1835.  “New  Treaty”  between  the  City  Synagogues. 

1863.  Suggested  amalgamation  with  “Hambro’”  Synagogue. 

1936.  Reunion,  after  230  years,  of  the  “Hambro”’  Synagogue 
with  the  Great  Synagogue. 

In  her  distinguished  and  invaluable  article,  “The  Mears  Family 
and  Their  Connections,  1694-1824,”  33  P.  199,  Mrs.  lyda  R.  Hirsh 
Leavitt,  formerly  of  the  secretariat  of  the  Congregation  Shearith 
Israel  says,  on  page  210:  “Since  a  genealogical  investigation  of  the 
Mears’  family  connects  practically  all  of  the  early  Colonial  group, 
its  lineage  is  of  fundamental  importance.” 

The  name  “Mears”  appears  to  have  been  written  originally  as 
“Meeres”  in  the  letters  of  administration  recorded  at  Somerset  House 
London  or  as  “Meres”  in  '‘List  of  Jews  Made  Denizens,  1661-1687” 
by  Oppenheim,  20  P.  813. 

From  the  English  Archives  in  London  made  for  the  writer  in  May 
1931  by  Alice  J.  Mayes  of  London: 

(Admin  Act 
Book,  1711: 

Somerset 

House.) 

Sampson  Meeres  Vicesimo  Quarto  die  emt.  Como. 
Joy  Meeres  Relicte  Sampsonis  Meeres  nu  paroe  St.” 
Botolphi  extra  Aldgate  London  defh  hentis  ad  adstrand 
bona  jura  et  cred  die  defti  De  bene  ad  pentatuchum 
Jurat. 

(Rough  translation: — 

24  April  1711.  Letters  of  Administration  were  granted 
to  Joy  Meeres,  relict  of  Sampson  Meeres  formerly  of 


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the  parish  of  St.  Botolph,  Aldgate,  London  .  .  . 
Sworn  on  the  Pentateuch.) 


JOY  MEERES  (20) 


WIFE  OF  Sampson  Meeres  or  Meares,  q.v.,  of  whom  nothing  is 
known  beyond  that  fact. 

She  had  a  granddaughter  named  Joyce  Mears,  daughter  of  Judah 
Mears  and  Jochebed  Michael,  who  was  the  second  wife  of  Myer 
Myers,  the  famed  silversmith  of  New  York.  33  P.  199. 


JUDAH  MEARS  (21) 

1692  (?)-1762.  Prominent  merchant  and  communal  leader  of 
New  York. 

Place  of  birth  not  definitely  known,  but  probably  London.  Died 
in  1762.  Assuming  an  age  of  70,  he  was  born  in  1692. 

In  1728,  was  named  an  executor  of  his  will  by  Moses  Levy,  his 
brother-in-law.  23  P.  159. 

In  the  third  year  of  the  mayoralty  of  Paul  Richard,  Esq.,  on  May 
30th,  1738,  Judah  Mears,  Merchant,  was  made  and  registered  a 
Freeman  of  the  City  of  New  York. 

Burghers  and  Freemen  of  New  York,  N.  Y.  Historical  Society  Col¬ 
lections,  1885,  p.  136. 

Elected  Constable  of  the  East  Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York,  Sept. 
29,  1741,  and  so  served.  Minutes  of  Common  Council,  vol.  V.  p.  28. 
Sworn  in  ib.  p.  34.  The  East  Ward  was  bounded  by  Smith  Street, 
beginning  at  the  Old  Kip  Market  near  Hunters  Key;  thence  along 
William  Street  to  Golden  Hill;  thence  along  Golden  Hill  to  Lyons 
Slip;  bounded  East  by  the  East  River,  Burnets  and  Hunters  Keys. 
Included  the  East  section  of  Wall  Street  at  the  River.  Lyne’s  map 
of  N.  Y.  City,  1728. 

Parnas  (Presidente)  of  Congregation  Shearith  Israel  in  1742.  S.  I. 
Records,  21  P.  211.  Figured  prominently  in  all  activities  of  the 
congregation. 

Elected  Constable  of  the  North  Ward,  Sept.  30th,  1751,  ib.  p.  347. 
Exempted  ib.  p.  348  by  the  following  resolution: 

“Ordered  that  the  Aldermen  of  the  North  Ward  cause  a  new 
election  of  Constable  for  the  said  ward  in  the  room  of  Judah  Mears 
who  was  chosen  one  of  the  constables  for  the  said  North  Ward 


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and  has  served  in  that  office  within  ten  years  past  and  that  the  election 
be  on  Wednesday  next  at  Ten  o’clock  in  the  morning.” 

Here  is  an  item  that  may  have  had  some  connection  with  his 
service  as  Constable  of  the  East  Ward — a  copy  of  a  Complaint  in 
the  files  of  a  court  of  common  pleas  of  New  York:  “Judah  Mears  v. 
Henry  Cregier,  Complaint.” 

“Judah  Mears  of  the  City  of  New  York,  Merchant,  came  this 
16th  day  of  August  1753  and  Complains  agt  Henry  Cregier  of  the 
city  of  New  York  aforesaid.  Mariner,  for  that  the  said  Henry  Cregier 
did  on  the  20th  day  of  June  1753  at  the  City  of  New  York  aforesaid 
in  the  North  Ward  of  the  same  city  in  and  upon  this  Complt  and 
Johavath  his  wife  make  an  assault  and  them  did  beat  wound  etc  and 
prays  an  Information. 

Judah  Mears.” 


“Henry  Myers  lives  by  the 
Italian  Concert” 

Entry  on  back:  “Ended.” 

One  “John  Cregier,  Mariner”  was  made  and  registered  a  Freeman 
of  the  city  of  New  York  on  June  27th,  1738,  about  a  month  after 
Judah  Mears  was  made  a  Freeman.  Burghers  and  Freemen  oj  New 
York,  p.  136. 

The  records  of  Shearith  Israel  Congregation  for  1760  relate  that 
Judah  Mears  “turned  out”  his  niece  Josse,  the  daughter  of  Judah 
Hays,  from  her  seat  in  Synagogue  in  order  that  his  own  daughter 
might  occupy  it.  He  was  fined  forty  shillings  “in  order  to  prevent  for 
the  future  any  person  assuming  to  themselves  the  authority  of  de¬ 
termining  the  proximity  of  seats  in  the  Synagogue.”  The  dimensions 
of  the  Synagogue  were  30  by  30  feet,  with  a  women’s  balcony.  The 
Mill  St.  Synagogue,  Dr.  Pool. 

Died  at  Cape  Francois,  now  Cape  Haytien,  Hayti,  June  7,  1762, 
as  shown  by  the  following  on  the  records  of  S.  I.  Congregation: 

“On  the  26th  Sivan  5523,  the  7th  June  1762,  Departed  this  life 
at  the  Cape  Francois  Mr.  Judah  Mears  of  this  Congregation.  The 
news  was  brought  about  the  time  of  Rosasana  by  some  acquaintances 
that  came  from  that  place  and  verificated  after  that  by  Letters  from 
that  place.” 

Judah  Mears  was  the  owner  of  a  tract  of  land  in  Oyster  Bay, 
Long  Island. 

The  children  of  Judah  Mears  and  Jochebed  Michaels  were:  Sam- 


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son,  Sarah,  Grace,  Rebecca,  Rachel,  Joyce  and  Caty.  Sarah  married 
Solomon  Simson;  Grace,  Haim  Levy;  Rebecca,  Jacob  Isaacks;  Rach¬ 
el,  Moses  Isaacks;  Joyce,  Myer  Myers  (the  famous  silversmith);  and 
Caty,  Asher  Myers.  33  P.  210. 

Samson  married  a  Mrs.  Robles.  33  P.  210.  He  was  associated  in 
business  with  Aaron  Lopez.  Lopez  correspondence,  Newport  His¬ 
torical  Society. 


REBECCA  MEARS  (22) 

WIFE  OF  Jacob  Isaacks,  daughter  of  Judah  Mears  and  Jochebed 
Michael  and  grand-daughter  of  Samson  and  Joy  Mears 
(Meeres).  Mother  of  Hannah  Isaacks.  June  24,  1761  Records  of 
Congregation  Shearith  Israel  show  the  following: 

“28  Tishri  5521  (1761) 

Jacob  Isaacs- — Rebecca  Mears. 

Jacob  son  of  the  late  Abraham  son  of  Isaack. 

Rebecca  daughter  of  Judah  son  of  Samson 
Witnesses:  Jacob  Jessurun  Pinto 
David  son  of  Jechiel 
Bridegroom  settled  on  the  bride  £  500.” 

See  comprehensive  article  on  the  genealogy  of  the  early  Jews  of 
this  country  in  33rd  Publication  of  the  American  Jewish  Historical 
Society,  page  199,  under  title  “The  Mears  Family  and  Their  Connec¬ 
tions,  1696-1824,”  by  lyda  R.  Hirsh.  In  this  article  Miss  Hirsh,  now 
Mrs.  Charles  S.  Levitt,  340  St.  Johns  Place,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  says: 

“Up  to  the  time  of  the  Revolution  there  was  a  very  limited  number 
of  Jews  in  the  American  Colonies.  Since  the  families  were  few  and 
their  children  many,  intermarriage  among  them  was  inevitable.  Hence, 
a  genealogical  investigation  of  one  family  becomes  a  certain  degree 
an  account  of  practically  the  entire  early  group.  Through  the  Mears 
family  almost  all  of  this  early  group  of  Jewish  families  is  connected.” 
On  page  207,  of  the  same  article,  it  is  said: 

“It  may  be  observed  that  this  family  of  merchants  constituted  the 
gentlefolk  of  their  generations.  In  describing  a  service  which  he  at¬ 
tended  in  Synagogue,  in  Creechurch  Lane,  Leadenhall  Street,  in  Lon¬ 
don,  Thomas  Crumpton,  in  a  letter  written  April  12,  1662,  to  Revd. 
Jo.  Greenhalgh,  minister  of  Ashley  Chapel,  said,  ‘They  were  all 
gentlemen  (Merchts)  I  saw  not  one  mechanick  person  .  .  .’  In  the 


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eighteenth  century  ‘merchant’  was  written  after  a  man  s  name  much 
in  the  same  manner  as  a  college  degree  is  today.” 

Among  the  descendants  of  the  Mears  family  are: 

Rabbi  Gershom  Mendes  Seixas,  famed  Revolutionary  leader,  Trus¬ 
tee  of  Kings  College,  now  Columbia  University,  and  one  of  the 
clergymen  participating  in  the  inauguration  of  General  Washington, 
Rebecca  Gratz  and  Emily  Solis-Cohen  of  Philadelphia;  Emma  Laz¬ 
arus  of  New  Vork;  and  Benjamin  Nathan  Cardozo,  Associate  Justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States. 

In  “Portraits  of  Jews”  (1927)  and  “Miniatures  of  Early  American 
Jews”  (1953)  by  Hannah  R.  London  (Mrs.  Benjamin  Mordecai 
Siegel )  and  dedicated  to  the  memory  of  her  son  Pfc  Robert  E.  Siegel 
killed  in  action.  World  War  II,  in  France,  September  16,  1944,  there 
will  be  found  copies  of  paintings  and  miniatures  of  persons  connected 
with  the  narrative  of  these  “Notes.” 

Abraham  Touro,  Gilbert  Stuart,  P.  of  J.  frontispiece. 

Mrs.  Isaac  Mendes  Seixas,  John  Wollaston,  P.  of  J.  93. 

Major  Mordecai  Myers,  John  Wesley  Jarvis,  P.  of  J.  131. 

Moses  Michael  Hayes,  P.  of  J.  99. 

Mrs.  Barnard  Gratz,  Robt.  Feke,  P.  of  J.  123. 

Mrs.  Rachael  Gratz  Etting,  P.  of  J.  145. 

Rebecca  Gratz,  Thomas  Sully,  P.  of  J.  177. 

In  “Miniatures,  etc.”: 

Abraham  Alexander,  Sr.,  Lawrence  Sully,  P.  83. 

Judah  Touro,  A.  D.  Pinck,  P.  137. 

Rabbi  Gershom  Mendez  Seixas,  P.  101. 


ASHER  MICHAEL  DE  PAUL  (23) 

Birth  date  not  known.  Date  of  death:  Described  in  1701  as 
“late  of  the  said  city,  deceased”  meaning  New  York.  The  name 
“de  Paul”  may  indicate  origin  or  residence  in  Sao  Paulo,  Brazil  and 
that  he  was  one  of  the  refugees  thence  to  New  Amsterdam  (New 
York)  in  the  1650s. 

Quotations  from  unpublished  documents  in  the  “Oppenheim  Col¬ 
lection,”  owned  by  the  American  Jewish  Historical  Society: 

“1682/3,  June  16.  Asser  Michaelson,  Jew,  pays  for  his  Burgher 
Right/pd.  15  sh.” 

“1683/84,  Feb.  8.  Asher  Michells  de  Paul  of  the  City  of  New 


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York,  licensed  to  trade  and  traffic  within  the  City  of  New  York.’' 

“1685,  Sept.  14.  Jews  petition  the  Governor  for  liberty  to  exercise 
their  religion;  a  signer,  Asher  Michaels  or  Asher  Michaelson  de 
Paul.” 

“1685/6,  Feb.  Michael  Asher  born  some  time  this  month  in  the 
City  of  New  York  to  Rebekah  Asher  then  the  wife  of  Asher  Michaels 
described  in  1701  as  ‘late  of  the  said  city,  deceased.’  Deposition  of 
Catherine  Paldinck,  wife  of  Joosh  Paldinck,  of  said  city.  Baker,  and 
Sophia  Horton  of  the  same  place,  present  at  birth  dated  Jan.  27, 
1706/7.  Recorded  for  Michael  Asher  Mar.  5,  1706/7.” 

See:  Article  by  Max  J.  Kohler  “Phases  of  Jewish  Life  in  New 
York  before  1800”  2  P.  77  and  O’Callaghan’s  “Calendar  of  Historical 
Manuscripts”  indexing  and  summarizing  the  Brodhead  Collection  of 
Historical  Manuscripts  in  Albany,  New  York,  Volume  11,  p.  154. 

His  wife’s  name  was  Rebecca.  Their  four  children  were: 

(1)  Rycha  (married  1695  to  Moses  Levy;  died  1716). 

(2)  Rachel  (married  Samuel  Levy);  died  1749. 

(3)  Moses  (married  Catherine  Hachar)  and 

(4)  Michael. 

“The  origin,  wives  and  children  of  Moses  Levy”  by  Dr.  Walter 
M.  Kraus”  a  paper  read  at  the  38th  annual  meeting  of  the  American 
Jewish  Historical  Society  in  1931,  33  P.  XV 11. 

As  of  1954,  there  have  been  twelve  senerations  of  his  descendants 
of  Jewish  Faith  in  the  United  States,  which  is  believed  to  be  one 
of  the  oldest  Jewish  lines  in  the  United  States  covering  272  years, 
1682-1954. 


REBECCA,  WIFE  OF  ASHER  MICHAEL  DE  PAUL  (24) 

Rebecca  (wife  of  Asher  Michael  de  Paul)  1653-1740. 

In  the  will  of  Samuel  Levy,  Merchant  of  New  York,  died  1719,  he 
makes  this  bequest:  “I  leave  to  my  mother-in-law,  Rebecca  Asher, 
<£.10  yearly  during  her  life.”  23  P.  150. 

She  was  the  second  contributor  to  the  fund  raised  in  1730  for  the 
first  synagogue  of  the  Congregation  Shearith  Israel,  built  in  Mill 
Street,  New  York  City — in  the  amount  of  one  pound  and  four 
shillings. 

“The  Mill  Street  Synagogue''  (1730-1817)  by  the  Rev.  D.  de  Sola 
Pool,  Ph.D.,  Rabbi  of  the  Congregation,  published  1930.  New  York. 


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On  Nov.  26,  1855,  her  remains  were  removed  from  the  oldest 
cemetery  in  Oliver  Street  to  the  cemetery  in  21st  Street,  N,  Y.  Her 
gravestone  stating  she  died  on  Shebat  5500  January  22,  1740,  age 
87  years.  18  P.  121 ,  27  P.  122. 

Her  name  “Rebecca”  recurs  in  ten  alternate  generations  as  fol¬ 
lows:  in  her  granddaughter,  Rebecca  Michaels  Hays  of  New  York; 
in  her  great  granddaughter,  Rebecca  Mears  Isaacks  of  Newport;  in 
her  great  (3)  granddaughter,  Rebecca  Phillips  Moses  of  Charleston; 
in  her  great  (5)  granddaughter  Rebecca  Solomons  Alexander  of  At¬ 
lanta;  and  in  her  great  (7)  granddaughter,  Rebecca  Alexander 
Schockert  of  Philadelphia. 


MOSES  MICHAEL  (25) 

SON  OF  Asher  Michael  de  Paul.  Born  August  8,  1677;  died  Decem¬ 
ber  8,  1740  in  Curacao,  Dutch  West  Indies,  aged  63  years  and 
four  months,  and  there  buried  in  the  Portuguese  Cemetery,  the  oldest 
in  the  Western  Hemisphere.  For  many  years  a  merchant  in  New  York 
City  and  a  prominent  member  of  the  Congregation  Shearith  Israel. 

The  late  Dr.  Walter  M.  Straus  of  New  York,  a  close  student  of 
the  older  records  of  Congregation  Shearith  Israel  was  of  the  opinion 
that  Asher  Michael  de  Paul  and  Moses  Michael  were  brothers  and 
sons  of  “Michael.”  (Letter  to  writer,  July  20,  1936).  However,  at 
that  time  he  did  not  know  of  the  gravestone  of  Moses  Michael  in 
Curacao  showing  his  dates  as  1676-1740.  In  view  of  this  disclosure 
and  the  death  of  Asher  Michael  de  Paul  about  1701,  Mrs.  lyda  R. 
Hirsch  Leavitt  former  secretary  and  archivist  of  the  Congregation, 
said  she  believed  the  relation  was  father  and  son,  in  which  the 
writer  concurs. 

The  records  of  that  congregation  recite: 

“On  Sabbath  the  19th  of  lyar  5490  (May  6,  1730),  it  was  re¬ 
solved  by  the  Parnas  Presidente  Mr.  Jacob  bar  Naphtaly  (Franks) 
and  his  assistants  Messrs.  Mordy  Gomez  and  David  Lopez  to  sell  in 
public  on  the  Sabbath  day  the  first  stone  of  the  building  of  the  holy 
synagogue,  which  stone  had  been  kept  unsold  because  it  had  been 
offered  to  Mr.  Abraham  de  Mucata  of  London,  and  his  answer  as  to 
whether  he  accepted  was  pending,  and  as  he  did  not  accept,  it  was 
sold  in  public,  as  above  mentioned,  and  was  bought  by  Mr.  Mosseh 
Bar  Michaell  for  three  pistoles,  which  was  recorded  in  his  own  name 
with  the  others  and  with  the  same  privileges  as  the  other  three.” 
‘*The  Mill  Street  Synagogue  (1730-1817)  of  the  Congregation 


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Shearith  Israel  {founded  in  the  City  of  New  York  in  1655)  by  the 
Rev.  D.  de  Sola  Pool,  Ph.D.,  Rabbi  of  the  Congregation.  1930  New 
York.”  page  34. 


In  an  article  “Jewish  Life  in  New  York  before  1800”  by  Max  J. 
Kohler  {Vol.  3,  page  84.  Publications  of  American  Jewish  Historical 
Society  1895),  it  is  said: 


“This  article  may  fitly  be  brought  to  a  close  by  a  reference  to  a 
very  striking  incident  in  old  New  York  history.  Among  the  most 
interesting  incidents  referred  to  in  the  last  number  of  this  Society’s 
proceedings  was  that  of  the  subscription  list  circulated  in  1788  among 
non-Jews  of  Philadelphia  on  behalf  of  the  synagogue  of  that  city,  to 
which  the  names  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  Charles  Biddell,  William 
Bradford,  David  Rittenhouse  and  others  were  signed. 

“It  appears,  however,  that  the  Jews  of  New  York,  more  than 
seventy-five  years  before  them,  had  exhibited  a  similar  liberal  spirit, 
and  apparently  without  any  such  direct  appeal  to  them  as  was  resorted 
to  by  the  Jews  of  Philadelphia  to  the  Christian  subscribers.  In  a 
work  entitled  Historical  Sketch  of  Trinity  Church  by  the  Rev.  Wm. 
Berrian  (pp.  18,  S.  25)  we  learn  that  a  subscription  was  started  in 
1711  towards  building  the  steeple  of  that  church,  as  a  result  of  which 
£312  13s  7d  were  collected,  the  Jews  contributions  aggregating 
£5  12s  3d.  This  list  of  donors  is  as  follows: 


“The  Jews’  contributions : 

£ 


Lewis  Gomez  1 

Abrm.  D’Lucena  (the  Rabbi)  1 
Rodrigo  Pacheco  1 

Moses  Levy  0 

Mordecai  Nathan  0 

Jacob  Franks  1 

Moses  Michael  0 


s 

2 

0 

0 

11 

11 

0 

8 


d 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

3 


5  12  3” 


The  children  of  Moses  Michael  and  his  wife  Catherine  Haya  Han¬ 
nah  are  shown  in  his  will,  written  in  Dutch  and  executed  Jan.  22, 
1740  in  Curacao.  Recorded  in  the  Hall  of  Records,  New  York  City. 
In  English  translation  as  follows: 


“In  the  name  of  God  Amen.  On  this  day  the  22nd  January,  1740, 
there  appeared  the  Norwegian  Aldert  Pottey  my  secretary  in  the 
service  of  the  General  Chartered  West  Indies  Company  in  Holland, 
residing  on  the  island  of  Curasoa  in  the  presence  of  the  above  men- 


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tioned  witness,  Mr.  Moses  Michael,  widower  of  the  late  Catherine 
Hachar  of  the  Jewish  nation,  now  residing  on  this  island.  My  secre¬ 
tary  and  witness  testify  that  the  principal  is  ill,  though  in  possession 
and  use  of  his  reason,  memory  and  speech  as  it  seemed  to  our  sec¬ 
retary  and  witness.  In  recognition  of  the  certainty  of  death  and  the 
uncertainty  of  its  time  and  hour,  he,  the  principal  prepared  to  dis¬ 
pose  of  all  the  earthly  goods  loaned  to  him  by  God  Almighty,  by  this 
will  without  coersion  or  persuasion  from  anyone.  And  before  coming 
to  this,  the  principal  commended  his  soul  to  the  mercy  of  God  and 
his  corpse  to  the  earth  in  the  Jewish  Cemetery  with  honorable  burial. 
The  testateur  has  revoked,  cancelled  and  made  null  and  void  all  last 
wills  and  testaments  prior  to  the  date  upon  which  this  is  made  or 
passed,  not  wishing  or  desiring  that  any  of  these  should  have  the  least 
effect.  And  coming  to  the  disposition,  the  testateur  declared  in  this 
will  to  prelegate  to  his  granddaughter,  Olkaley  Myer  Cohen  a  sum 
of  two  hundred  (200)  pounds  in  New  York  money.  But  in  the 
event  of  her  death  as  a  minor  or  spinster,  the  aforementioned  sum 
is  to  devolve  upon  her  sister  Haya  Meyer  Cohen.  The  testateur  like¬ 
wise  prelegates  to  his  granddaughter  Haya  Meyer  Cohen  afore¬ 
mentioned  the  sum  of  one  hundred  (100)  pounds  in  New  York 
money.  It  is  the  will  and  desire  of  the  testateur  that  the  aforemen¬ 
tioned  prelegated  capital  be  invested  at  interest  in  behalf  of  the 
legatees.  Also  the  testateur  prelegates  to  his  negro  Piro  his  freedom 
and  release  from  all  slavish  services,  of  which  the  executors  to  be 
mentioned  must  take  cognizance.  The  testateur  desires  all  his  clothes 
and  converted  gold  and  silver  with  his  two  negroes  named  Thom  and 
Prins  as  also  a  pair  of  Rimonim  or  silver  clocks  bought  by  him.  in 
Holland,  as  soon  as  they  are  received  to  be  remitted  to  his  children 
and  heirs.  The  Testateur  names  as  sole  and  universal  heirs  his  four 
children  named  Johevit  Michal  married  to  Judah  Mears,  Rachael 
Michal,  married  to  Samuel  Meyer  Cohen,  Rebecca  Michal  married 
to  Judah  Ehays  and  Bloeme  Michal  married  to  Aaron  Louzado,  all 
the  goods  without  exception,  both  real  and  personal  after  the  death 
of  the  testateur  to  be  duly  put  in  the  possession  of  aforementioned. 
This  testateur  designates  and  names  as  executors  of  this  will  in  New 
York  his  four  sons-in-law,  aforementioned  and  here  on  this  Island, 
Mr.  Isaac  Levy  Maduro  and  Senor  Cohen  Henriquez,  Jr.,  with  all 
the  due  powers  and  faculties  with  which  the  law  invests  them.  All 
which  has  herein  been  written  the  testateur  declares  to  be  his  last 

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will  and  testament  and  should  be  effective  after  his  decease  as 
testament  codicillp  among  the  living,  which  the  testateur  seeks  to  make 
effective  by  law  and  wishes  the  secretary  to  make  it  Acta  in  forma. 
All  this  done  and  passed  in  Curacoa  in  the  presence  of  Nicolaas 


One  hundred 


Henricus  and  Lourents  Laan  as  witnesses.  The  details  of  this  will 
are  officially  recorded.  Which  1  attest, 

A.  Potter,  Sec.” 

The  following  speaks  for  itself: 


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MADURO  &  CURIEL’S  BANK 
CURACAO,  D.  W.  I. 

January  17,  1941 


Mr.  Henry  A.  Alexander, 

3440  Peachtree  Road,  N.E., 

Atlanta,  Georgia 

Dear  Mr.  Alexander: 

I  returned  to  this  my  native  island  last  month  for  a  few  months' 
stay,  and  recalling  your  request,  made  to  me  in  New  York  in  May 
1935,  for  data  concerning  your  ancestor,  Moses  Michael,  who  died  in 
Curacao  in  1740,  I  took  the  matter  in  hand  at  once  with  the  result 
that  I  am  able  to  send  you  herewith  a  copy  of  Moses  Michael’s 
epitaph,  together  with  my  comments,  which  I  hope  may  be  of  some 
interest  to  you.  It  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  tombs  in  our 
venerable  cemetery — with  a  sepulchral  inscription  in  three  different 
languages! 

s’; 

Assuring  you  of  my  pleasure  in  being  able  to  furnish  you  the 
above  information,  and  with  best  regards  to  you  and  Mrs.  Alexander, 
in  which  my  family  cordially  join,  I  remain,  at  your  entire  commands. 

Sincerely  yours, 

(Signed)  J.  M.  L.  MADURO 


Moses  Michaell 

“He  is  the  first  Askenaz  to  be  buried  in  the  old  Sephardic  Ceme¬ 
tery  in  Curacao. 

“His  epitaph  in  three  languages:  English,  Hebrew,  and  Spanish. 

Incongruities : 

“The  English  text  gives  date  of  death  as  December  ...  9  8 

740  (indecipherable)  and  name  as  Moses  Michall. 

“The  Spanish  text  gives  date  of  death  as  Monday  25  Tebeth  5500 
(corresponding  to  January  25,  1740),  three  days  after  he  made  his 
will  in  Curacao. 

“The  Hebrew  and  Spanish  texts  give  his  name  as  Moseh  Br  (bar — 
son  of)  Jehiel,  and  the  age  at  which  he  died  as  63  years  and  4  months. 


One  hundred  one 


“The  Hebrew  text  proclaims  him  an  important  person,  who  “origi¬ 
nated  from  the  provinces  of  Askenaz,  Hartfeld  (or  Ertzfeld)  the  capi¬ 
tal.” 

“S.B.A.G.D.L.G.  stand  for:  Su  bendita  alma  goce  de  la  gloria. 

“The  Hebrew  text  has  a  few  orthographic  errors  corrected  by 
Rabbi  Dr.  Isaac  S.  Emmanuel  with  square  brackets  on  the  attached 
copy  of  the  epitaph. 

“His  Will  gives  his  name  as  Moses  Michal,  widower  of  Catharina 
Hachar. 

“In  Dr.  D.  de  Sola  Pool’s  ‘The  Mill  Street  Synagogue  (1730-1817) 
of  the  Congregation  Shearith  Israel’  his  name  is  given  as  Mosseh 
Bar  Michaell,  and  his  wife’s  as  Haya  Hannah  Michalls. 

“In  his  Will  he  mentions  his  four  daughters,  all  married:  Johebit, 
Rachael,  Rebecca,  and  Bloeme. 

“In  “The  Mill  Street  Synagogue”  a  son  of  his  is  mentioned: 
Michall  Michalls,  who,  obviously,  predeceased  his  father,  Moses 
Michalls,  a  leading  personality  of  the  New  York  community  at  the 
time  of  the  erection  of  the  Mill  Street  Synagogue. 

“From  the  following  words  appearing  in  his  Will  “thans  sig  alhier 
op  dit  Eyland  bevindende”  (at  present  finding  himself  in  this  Island) 
one  may  conclude  that  Moses  Michalls  was  not  actually  residing  in 
Curacao,  but  had  come  to  this  Island  probably  on  business.” 

ENGLISH: 

Here  lyes  the  body  of  Mr.  Moses  Michall  who  departed  this  life 
December  9  8  740. 

HEBREW: 

of  the  grave  of  the  married  man  of  distinction,  a  man 
of  importance,  Moses  the  son  of  Jehiel  who  went  to 
his  eternal  home.  He  died  on  the  day  twenty-fifth 
of  the  month  of  Tebet  the  year  5500  and  his  days 
which  he  lived  sixty-three  years,  four  months  from 
the  country  of  Germany  from  Herzfeld  the  city. 

May  his  soul  be  bound  up  in  the  bond  of  life. 

SPANISH: 

Grave  of  the  blissful  Moseh  son  of  Jehiel  who  died 
from  this  world  to  enjoy  glorious  life  on  Monday,  25th 
of  Tebet  at  the  age  of  63  years  and  four  months 

in  the  year  5500. 

May  his  blessed  soul  enjoy  glory. 

(The  name  “Jechiel”  is  used  as  the  equivalent  of  “Michael,”  which 
was  not  used  in  formal  religious  writing). 


One  hundred  Wo 


In  graduating  from  Columbia  College,  N.  Y.,  in  1800  Samson 
Simson  delivered  an  address  in  Hebrew  which  gave  a  short  account 
of  the  Jewish  Community  of  New  York.  27  P.  374,  37  P.  430.  A 
great  grandson  of  Moses  Michael,  he  was  guided  by  Rabbi  Gershom 
Mendes  Seixas,  a  trustee  of  the  college,  who  was  a  great  grandson 
of  Samson  Mears,  33  P.  210. 

Translated  into  English,  it  read: 

“Although  not  accustomed  to  speak  in  public  I  rise  with  perfect 
confidence  that  you  will  kindly  consent  to  listen  to  me  and  I  earnestly 
crave  your  indulgence  for  any  error  I  may  commit  in  the  course 
of  my  address. 

“And  if  I  have  found  grace  in  your  eyes,  I  shall  essay  to  speak 
concerning  my  brethren  residing  in  this  land.  It  is  now  more  than 
150  years  since  Israelites  first  came  to  this  country  at  the  time  when 
this  province  was  under  the  dominion  of  Holland,  but  until  now  no 
one  of  them  or  their  children  has  on  a  similar  occasion  been  per¬ 
mitted  thus  to  address  a  word  in  public,  and  I  am  a  descendant  of 
one  of  those  who  were  among  the  first  settlers  here. 

“It  is  known  to  you  that  at  the  time  when  this  province  then 
called  New  Amsterdam,  was  exchanged  for  the  colony  of  Surinam, 
all  the  inhabitants  remaining  here  came  under  the  dominion  of  Eng¬ 
land.  Among  them  were  the  Jews  who  until  then  could  only  congre¬ 
gate  for  worship  in  private  rooms  in  their  own  dwellings  until  the 
year  5490  (1734)  (according  as  we  reckon  in  this  city  of  New  York). 
It  was  then  our  regular  Synagogue  was  built,  where  we  have  been 
serving  Almighty  God  unmolested  for  upwards  of  seventy  years. 
During  this  long  period,  the  Jews  have  not  been  as  numerous  as  the 
other  sects,  for  only  few  in  number  they  came  hither;  but  now,  behold 
the  Lord  has  enlarged  and  increased  in  this  and  in  all  the  other 
provinces  of  these  United  States  the  descendants  of  those  few  families 
that  came  from  Holland  in  the  year  5420  (1660),  one  hundred  and 
forty  years  ago. 

“Among  these  was  one  man,  (Moses  Michael)  with  his  wife,  one 
son  and  four  daughters.  The  father  and  son  died  soon  after  they 
had  reached  this  place,  leaving  the  wife  with  her  four  daughters  and 
behold  they  have  exalted  themselves  in  this  city,  and  from  them 
sprang  forth  many  of  the  Congregation  now  known  as  “Shearith 
Israel.” 

Afterwards  in  the  year  1696,  there  came  from  France  some 
families  by  the  way  of  England,  who  brought  with  them  letters  of 
denization  from  the  king,  constituting  them  freemen  throughout  all 
the  provinces  under  his  dominion. 

“And  in  the  year  1776,  at  the  time  when  the  people  of  this  country 


One  hundred  three 


stood  up  like  one  man  in  the  cause  of  liberty  and  independence  every 
Israelite*  that  was  among  them  rose  up  likewise  and  united  in  their 
efforts  to  promote  the  Country’s  peace  and  prosperity.  And  even  now 
we  endeavor  to  sustain  the  government  of  these  provinces,  free  of 
any  allegiance  to  any  other  whatsoever,  monarchical  or  republican, 
and  we  exclaim  in  the  language  of  King  David,  ‘Rid  us,  (O  Lord!) 
from  the  hand  of  the  children  of  the  stranger,  whose  mouth  speaketh 
vanity  and  whose  right  hand  is  the  right  hand  of  falsehood.’  ”  27  P. 
374,  37  P.  430. 

It  is  obvious  that  the  “man  with  his  wife  one  son  and  four 
daughters”  was  his  own  great  grandfather,  Moses  Michael;  the 
“son”  was  Michael  Michaels  whose  will  is  copied  herewith;  and  the 
“Four  daughters”  were  Jochebed  who  married  Judah  Mears,  Rebecca 
who  married  Judah  Hays,  Rachel  who  married  Samuel  Meyers  Cohen 
and  Bloeme  who  married  Aaron  Louzada. 

“The  will  of  Michael  Michaels,”  who  died  before  his  father,  reads 
as  follows: 

“In  the  name  of  God  Amen.  I  Michael  Michaels  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  merchant  being  weak  of  body  but  of  sound  and  perfect  mind 
memory  and  understanding  Do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last  will 
and  testament  in  manner  and  form  following  that  is  to  say.  First 
and  principally  I  recommend  my  soul  to  Almighty  God  and  my 
Body  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  at  the  discretion  of  my  Executors 
hereafter  named  and  as  touching  such  worldly  estate  as  it  has  pleased 
God  to  bless  me  with  I  give  and  Bequeath  the  same  as  follows  First, 
my  will  is  that  all  my  just  debts  and  funeral  charges  be  paid  and 
satisfied  in  some  short  time  after  my  Decease  Item.  I  give  and 
bequeath  unto  Rachel  Levy  of  the  City  of  New  York  spinster  daugh¬ 
ter  of  Moses  Levy  late  of  the  said  City  Merchant  Deceased  the 
sum  of  three  hundred  pounds  Current  Money  of  New  York  which  I 
hereby  order  my  Executors  hereafter  named  to  pay  her  out  of  the 
first  Money  which  shall  come  to  their  hands.  And  all  the  rest  and 
residue  of  my  estate  of  what  kind  or  nature  soever  I  give  and  be¬ 
queath  unto  my  honored  Father  Moses  Michaels  of  the  City  afore¬ 
said  Merchant  And  I  do  hereby  nominate  Constitute  and  appoint  my 
said  Father  Moses  Michaels,  Samuel  Myer  Cohen  and  David  Hays 
of  the  said  City  of  New  York,  Merchts,  executors  of  this  my  last 


(*  This  was  not  unlike  the  instance  in  Georgia  history  during  the 
Revolution  when  Sir  James  Wright,  Royal  Governor  of  Georgia, 
writing  to  Lord  Germaine,  Secretary  of  State,  denounced  the  Jews 
of  Georgia  as  “violent  rebels  to  a  man.”) 


One  hundred  four 


Will  and  Testament  and  do  desire  them  to  see  the  same  duly  and 
Truly  performed  according  to  the  true  intent  and  meaning  hereof 
and  I  do  hereby  revoke  all  other  wills  by  me  heretofore  made  either 
by  word  or  writing  and  this  only  to  be  deemed  and  taken  for  my 
last  Will  and  testament.  In  testimony  whereof,  I  the  said  Michael 
Michaels  have  hereunto  put  my  hand  and  seal  this  twelfth  day  of 
February  in  the  tenth  year  of  the  reign  of  our  Sovereign  Lord 
George  the  second  by  the  Grace  of  God  King  of  Great  Britain 
France  and  Ireland,  Defender  of  the  Faith  and  so  forth  and  in  the 
year  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  thirty  six. 

Michl  Michaels  (L.S.) 

Signed  sealed  and  published  and  declared  by  the  said  Michael 
Michaels  as  his  last  Will  and  Testament  in  the  presence  of  us 
who  have  subscribed  our  names  as  Witnesses  thereto  in  the 
presence  of  the  said  Testator. 

Elizabeth  Carthew,  Alexander  Allairy,  Richard  Nicholls.” 

Liber  13  of  Wills,  page  83,  Surrogate’s  Court  New  York  County; 
23  P.  351. 

“Rachel  Levy,  spinster,  daughter  of  Moses  Levy”  was  doubtless 
his  betrothed;  Samuel  Myer  Cohen  was  his  brother-in-law  and  David 
Hays  was  the  step-father  of  Rachel  Levy.  She  afterwards  married 
Isaac  Mendes  Seixas  and  was  the  mother  of  Gershom  Mendes  Seixas. 
Her  portrait  attributed  to  John  Wollaston  appears  on  page  93  of 
“Portraits  of  Jews”  by  Hannah  R.  London.  (1927). 

Judah  Hays  is  one  of  the  ancestors  of  the  eminent  Hays  family  in 
this  country  and  Samuel  Meyers  Cohen,  of  the  distinguished  Morde- 
cai,  Myers  and  Ezekiel  families  of  Virginia. 


HAYA  HANNAH  (CATHERINE)  MICHAEL  (26) 

WIFE  OF  Moses  Michaels.  Referred  to  as  of  Curacao. 

“Among  the  women  who  were  benefactors  of  the  Mill  St. 
Synagogue  in  its  earliest  days,  whose  memories  are  sacredly  pre¬ 
served  on  the  roll  of  perpetual  Hashcaboth  (memorial  prayers  for 
the  Dead)  are:  .  .  .  Haya  Hannah  Michaels.”  Mills  St.  Synagogue. 
Pool.  p.  38. 


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JOCHEBED  MICHAEL  (27) 


Eldest  daughter  of  Moses  and  Hay  a  Hannah  Michael.  Married 
about  1730  to  Judah  Mears.  33  P.  210. 

Three  granddaughters  were  named  for  her:  Jochebed  Simson, 
daughter  of  Sarah  Mears  and  Solomon  Simson;  Jochebed  Isaacks, 
daughter  of  Rachael  Mears  and  Moses  Isaacks;  and  Jochebed  Myers, 
daughter  of  Caty  Mears  and  Asher  Myers.  33  P.  210. 


ISRAEL  SOLOMONS  (28) 

Born  in  Amsterdam,  Holland,  1770.  His  name  in  Holland  was 
van  Blitz,  changed  to  Solomons  when  he  came  to  America. 
Lived  all  his  life  in  this  country  as  a  merchant  in  Georgetown,  S.  C. 
Married  twice.  First,  to  Miss  Esther  Ottolengui,  daughter  of  Abra¬ 
ham  Ottolengui  of  Charleston,  October  8,  1808,  by  whom  he  had  one 
daughter,  Rinah.  Second,  to  Eleanor  Joseph,  daughter  of  Eliezer 
(Lizar)  Joseph  and  Sarah  Judith,  May  1814,  by  whom  he  had  seven 
sons  and  one  daughter.  Eleanor  Joseph  was  nineteen  years,  five 
months  and  twenty-six  days  old  when  she  married,  and  Israel  Solo¬ 
mons  was  forty-four.  He  became  in  1822,  a  member  of  the  Winyah 
Indigo  Society  of  Georgetown,  S.  C.,  which  is  still  in  existence.  He 
died  August  10,  1830,  in  Georgetown,  S.  C.,  at  the  age  of  sixty, 
and  was  buried  in  the  Jewish  Cemetery  there  where  a  stone  marks 
his  grave  inscribed  as  follows: 

SACRED 

To  the  Memory  of 
ISRAEL  SOLOMONS 

A  Native  of  Amsterdam  Holland  who  departed  this  life 
The  10th  day  of  August,  1830,  In  the  60th  year  of  his  age. 

If  the  duties  of  a  husband,  a  parent  and  a  friend  performed 
without  fear  or  without  reproach  can  hallow  the  spirit  of 
the  departed  Then  truly  is  the  death  bed  of  such  a  man 
whose  loss  this  tablet  deplores.  An  enviable  situation.” 

His  children  were: 

Lizar  Joseph,  m.  Perla  Sheftall 
Abraham  Alexander,  m.  Cecilia  Moses 
Mordecai,  m.  Abigail  Gomez  Emanuel 
Sarah  Judith,  m.  Levi  Cohen 
Judah,  m.  out  of  Faith 
Joseph  M.,  m.  Zipporah  Solomons 


One  hundred  seven 


Moses  Joseph,  m.  (1)  Henrietta  Joseph,  (2)  Henrietta 
Emanuel. 

The  mother  of  Israel  Solomons  was  named  Judith. 

The  writer  thinks  there  is  a  connection  between  Israel  Solomons 
and  “Salomon  Salomon,”  one  of  the  famed  company  of  Jews  that 
landed  in  Savannah  July  10,  1733,  five  months  after  the  first  settlers 
with  Oglethorpe — the  same  company  that  included  Dr.  Samuel  Nunez 
the  noble  physician,  whose  skill  and  devotion,  according  to  Ogle¬ 
thorpe’s  own  letter  of  August  12,  1733  to  the  Trustees,  saved  the 
Colony  from  extinction  by  a  devastating  epidemic  and  refused  any 
pay  for  his  services.  Egmont  Collections,  Vol.  1,  University  of  Geor¬ 
gia.  See  Volume  with  Records  of  arrivals  in  series  of  original  manu¬ 
script  records  of  the  Earl  of  Egmont,  now  in  the  library  of  the  Uni¬ 
versity  of  Georgia,  Athens,  Ga.,  and  a  “List  of  the  Early  Settlers  of 
Georgia”  edited  by  E,  Merton  Coulter  and  Albert  B.  Saye,  p.  95. 

For  several  years  Solomon  Solomons  was  one  of  the  fiscal  agents 
of  the  Trustees  of  the  Colony.  His  name  is  spelled  “Solomons” 
in  numerous  other  colonial  records.  Ga.  Colonial  Records.  Candler. 

The  correct  full  name  is  Solomon  Solomons  and  so  written  in  the 
letter  of  August  30,  1774,  written  by  Mordecai  Sheftall,  the  execu¬ 
tor  of  Solomon  Solomons,  to  Mr.  John  Houston  in  reference  to  pay¬ 
ment  of  a  debt  of  Solomon  Solomons  (New  York  Public  Library 
archives),  also  written  by  himself  “Solomon  Solomons.” 


ABRAHAM  ALEXANDER  SOLOMONS  (29) 

SON  OF  Israel  Solomons  and  Eleanor  Joseph.  Wholesale  and  retail 
druggist  of  Savannah,  Ga.  Born  at  Georgetown,  S.  C.,  May  2, 
1816.  Married  Cecilia  Moses  at  Charleston  December  6th,  1843. 
Died  in  Savannah  at  his  residence,  165  Charlton  Street,  southwest 
corner  of  Barnard  Street,  fronting  Pulaski  Square  August  8th,  1899. 

His  father  died  when  he  was  fourteen  years  old,  throwing  largely 
upon  him  and  his  aunt,  Charlotte  Joseph  and  his  mother,  Eleanor 
Joseph,  the  responsibilities  of  the  family. 

On  December  15,  1835,  he  was  granted  a  license  by  the  Medical  . 
Society  of  South  Carolina,  Edward  W.  North,  President,  having 
studied  in  Charleston  and  proved  his  qualifications  to  “carry  on  the 
business  of  Apothecary  and  Druggist  in  all  their  branches  in  the 
State  of  South  Carolina.”  Original  in  the  possession  of  Solomons  Co., 
Inc.,  109  Montgomery  Street,  Savannah,  Ga. 

In  1845,  he  established  with  his  brothers,  Joseph  M.  and  Moses 


One  hundred  eight 


J.,  a  drug  business  in  Savannah  under  the  firm  name  of  A.  A.  Solo¬ 
mons  and  Company  which  has  existed  continuously  since  until  the 
present  time,  with  his  grandson,  Isaiah  A.  Solomons,  Jr.  the  present 
president  and  Abraham  A.  Solomons,  Chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Directors.  Philip  Solomons,  a  great  grandson,  is  Secretary  of  the 
Company.  For  many  of  the  most  prosperous  years,  Isaiah  A.  Solo¬ 
mons,  son  of  the  founder,  was  president.  It  has  been,  since  its  found¬ 
ing,  the  leading  drug  business  of  Savannah  and  southeast  Georgia. 

Abraham  A.  Solomons  was  a  life  long  member  of  the  Congregation 
Mickve  Israel  of  Savannah  and  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  Associa¬ 
tion  of  Savannah,  a  society  whose  members  were  pledged  to  remain 
in  Savannah  to  assist  the  sick  and  bury  the  dead  during  yellow  fever 
epidemics — a  deadly  and  constant  menace  until  the  discovery  of  its 
control. 

During  the  Civil  War,  on  account  of  his  age  and  calling,  he  did 
not  serve  in  the  field;  was  a  captain  in  the  Home  Guards.  Several 
Federal  officers,  and  the  well  knov/n  newspaper  correspondent  “Doe 
Sticks”  (Mortimer  Neal  Thomson — afterwards  editor  of  “Frank  Les¬ 
lie’s  Illustrated  Weekly”)  were  quartered  in  his  residence,  165  Charl¬ 
ton  Street,  during  the  occupation  by  Sherman’s  army,  in  December 
1864.  None  gave  the  least  trouble  except  “Doe  Sticks,”  who  was 
removed  on  complaint  of  Mrs.  Solomons  at  Army  headquarters. 

Lived  for  a  short  time  before  marriage  in  New  York  City  and 
after  marriage  in  Cheraw,  S.  C. 

Buried  in  Laurel  Grove  Cemetery,  Savannah,  in  the  Solomons 
family  lot. 

For  many  years,  A.  A.  Solomons  and  his  brothers,  Lizar,  Joseph 
M.  and  Moses  J.  were  among  the  most  prominent  and  popular  citizens 
of  Savannah,  particularly  Joseph  M.  who  had  served  in  1864  on  the 
staff  of  General  Joseph  E.  Johnston  in  the  campaign  from  Dalton 
to  Atlanta  and  might  be  said  to  have  been  a  prime  favorite  of  the 
City  until  his  death  at  the  age  of  96. 

The  children  of  Abraham  A.  and  Cecilia  Moses  Solomons  were: 
Israel,  Abraham  Alexander,  Gertrude  Moses,  Rebecca  Ella,  Israella, 
Isaiah  Abraham,  and  Louise  Freighley.  Israel,  Abraham,  Gertrude 
and  Louise  died  in  childhood.  Rebecca  Ella  married  Julius  Mortimer 
Alexander  of  Atlanta,  and  Isaiah  A.  married  Sarah  Falk  of  New 
York.  Israella  was  the  beloved  favorite. 

An  interesting  record  in  the  archives  of  Solomons  Company  is  the 
agreement  of  their  Northern  creditors  to  extend  payment  of  their 
liabilities  because  of  the  post-war  hardship. 

'‘Memorandum  of  agreement  made  and  entered  into  this  twenty- 


One  hundred  nine 


seventh  day  of  June,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five, 
between  the  undersigned,  creditors  of  A.  A.  Solomons  &  Co.  of  the 
city  of  Savannah,  State  of  Georgia,  and  the  said  A.  A.  Solomons  & 
Co.  witnesseth:  Whereas  the  said  A.  A.  Solomons  &  Co.  have  sus¬ 
tained  heavy  losses  in  consequence  of  the  late  war  and  thereby 
rendered  unable  to  meet  their  liabilities  at  this  time — 

Now  therefore  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  one  dollar  by  each 
of  the  parties  hereto  to  the  other  in  hand  paid,  the  receipt  of  which 
is  hereby  acknowledged,  and  in  consideration  of  the  mutual  agree¬ 
ment  hereinafter  contained,  the  parties  hereto  agree  as  follows — 
The  said  creditors  agree  with  the  said  A.  A.  Solomons  &  Co.  and 
each  other  that  they  and  each  of  them  will  not,  until  one  year  from 
the  date  hereof  shall  have  elapsed,  resort  to  any  legal  proceedings 
to  compel  the  collection  of  their  respective  claims  against  the  said 
A.  A.  Solomons  &  Co. 

In  witness  whereof  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  and  seals,  the 
day  and  year  first  above  written. 

A.  A.  SOLOMONS  &  CO.  (SEAL) 

Amount 

$4,010.32  W.  H.  Schieffelin  &  Co.,  John  Neidlinger,  John  Mathews, 
Jessup  &  Childs,  Powers  &  Weightman,  William  A.  Kin- 
nilly.  Dodge  &  Olcott,  Jas.  T.  Maxwell,  Jas.  T.  Aspinwall, 
Exr.,  Jas.  T.  Aspinwall,  G.  R.  Hendrickson  &  Son,  Spark¬ 
man  Truslow  &  Co.,  F.  C.  Wells  &  Co.,  Struelms  & 
Palmer  now  Palmer  &  Co.,  J.  M.  Thorburn  &  Co.,  Car¬ 
ter  V.  Hawley,  Sam.  G.  Penniman,  Sectry.,  Henry  Wald¬ 
ron  &  Co.,  Christol,  Dow  &  Sons,  A.  B.  Sarras  &  Co., 
Geo.  Tiemann  &  Co.,  V.  W.  Busicliolipf,  Hagerty  Broth¬ 
ers,  Fomes  and  Melveiner  by  Fomes  Melveiner  &  Co., 
Hegemann  Co.,  Furnald  &  Weill  in  Liquidation.  Chas. 
Pfizer  &  Co.,  Thos.  Andrews  &  Co.,  Cary  Howard  Sanger 
&  Co.,  Alex  Ilsa  &  Son.,  Sinclaire  &  Rore,  B.  Keith  & 
Co.,  Earle  &  Co.,  Sami.  C.  West,  Braman  &  O'Connor, 
Carnes  &  Haskell,  S.  Haskell,  C.  H.  Haskell,  John  Vogt 
&  Co.,  J.  Grube,  Secy.,  Charles  T.  Hurlburt,  J.  W.  Digra- 
mann,  (Boston)  T.  W.  Worcrop,  Agt. 

H.  Levy  &  Bro.  agree  to  wait  the  same  time  as  signers 
G.  I.  Kraft,  Exr.  F.  Lien,  as  above 
R.  Colgate  &  Co.  as  above 

D.  L.  Barrnes  &  Co.  as  above” 

(NOTE:  Many  signatures  are  completely  illegible.  Above  is  an 
estimate  of  the  names  which  could  not  be  clearly  read.) 


One  hundred  ten 


Lt.  Simon  Michael  II 

Son  of  Max  and  Cecilia  Solomons  Michael  of  Athens,  Ga. 

Born  March  31,1 922 

Killed  in  battle  January  22,  1944  at  the  Rapido  River  in  the 
movement  on  Cassino  by  the  Fifth  Army,  36th  Division. 


\ 


One  hundred  eleven 


Solomons  Company  has  always  had  a  high  reputation.  A  valued 
souvenir  is  a  note  from  Gen.  Root  E.  Lee  for  the  filling  of  prescrip¬ 
tions,  dated  April  20,  1870  when  he  was  in  Savannah,  the  last  year 
of  his  life,  reading: 

“Messrs.  A.  A.  Solomons  &  Co. 

— Please  prepare  for  me  the  enclosed  prescriptions  and 
return  them  with  the  medicines  &  oblige 

Yours 

Savannah,  Geo:  20  Apl  1870  R.  E.  Lee.” 

The  children  of  Isaiah  Abraham  Solomons  and  Sarah  Falk  were 
Abraham  Alexander,  Henri  Cecil,  Cecilia  Moses,  Isaiah  Abraham, 
Jr.,  Joseph  M.,  Jr.  and  Sarah  Falk,  Jr. 

Cecilia  married  Max  Michael,  son  of  Simon  and  Anna  Michael. 
Their  children:  Cecilia,  Max,  Jr.,  Cecil  and  Simon  (killed  at  the 
Rapido) . 

Max  Michael,  Jr.  married  Barbara  Siegel.  Their  children:  Max, 
III,  Robert  Oliphant,  Paul  Ramsay,  Lloyd  David. 

Cecil  married  Frederick  Gordon  Barnet,  Jr.  Their  children:  Fred¬ 
erick  Gordon  III,  Simon  Michael. 

Isaiah  A.,  Jr.  married  Lena  Shulhafer,  daughter  of  Adolph  and 
Augusta  Shulhafer.  Their  children:  Isaiah  A.  Ill  and  Philip.  Isaiah 
A.  Ill  married  Marie  Strauss.  Their  children:  Suzanne,  Walter,  Vir¬ 
ginia.  Philip  married  Shirley  Massed.  Their  children:  Philip,  Jr., 
Ralph  Stewart. 

Joseph  M.  Solomons,  Jr.  married  Sarah  Rosolio,  daughter  Aaron 
and  Semita  Rosolio.  Their  daughter  Jane  married  Charles  Max 
Furchgott,  son  of  Melvin  and  Dora  Brown  Furchgott.  Their  chil¬ 
dren:  Charles  Max  and  Constance  Jane. 


REBECCA  ELLA  SOLOMONS  ALEXANDER  (30) 

Daughter  of  Abraham  Alexander  Solomons  and  Cecilia  Moses. 

Born  in  Charleston,  S.  C.  June  24,  1854,  in  the  same  house  in 
St.  Phillips  Street  and  in  the  same  bed  in  which  her  mother  was  bom 
in  the  home  of  her  grandparents,  Isaiah  and  Rebecca  Moses.  Edu¬ 
cated  in  the  private  schools  of  Savannah,  under  Professor  Mallon. 
Lived  in  Savannah,  Ga.  until  her  marriage  October  8,  1873  to 
Julius  M.  Alexander,  when  she  came  to  Atlanta. 

Died  in  Atlanta  June  17,  1938  in  her  apartment  on  Juniper  Street 
where  she  had  lived  seventeen  years  before  her  death — most  of  the 


One  hundred  twelve 


Rebecca  Ella  Solomons 
(Mrs.  Julius  Mortimer  Alexander) 


One  hundred  thirteen 


ISRAELLA  AND  ReBECCA  SOLOMONS 


Esther  Esther  Rebecca  Judith 

Alexander 

(Rebecca’s  Granddaughters) 


One  hundred  fourteen 


time  with  her  younger  sister,  Israella  Solomons  (who  died  there 
August  4,  1924)  and  with  her  faithful  companion,  Mary  P.  Cook. 
She  is  buried  in  the  family  lot  in  Oakland  Cemetery,  Atlanta,  with 
her  husband. 

It  is  difficult  to  convey  the  impression  of  beauty  and  goodness  she 
made  upon  those  who  knew  her,  from  the  time  she  came  to  Atlanta 
as  a  bride  until  her  death.  “When  she  had  passed,  it  seemed  like 
the  ceasing  of  exquisite  music.” 


JOSEPH  STEGG  OF  MANNHEIM  (31) 


Father  of  Eliezer  (Lizar)  Joseph  of  Georgetown,  S.  C.  His 
name  is  written  in  Hebrew  in  “A  Lunar  Calendar”  by  Moses 
Lopez  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island  approved  by  Rabbi  Gershom 
Mendes  Seixas  and  printed  1806  at  the  office  of  the  Newport  Mercury, 
27  P.  458.  This  calendar  is  owned  by  the  writer. 

The  inscription  is:  “Lizar  the  son  of  Joseph  Stegg,  the  Memory 
of  the  Righteous  is  a  Blessing,  of  Mannheim.” 

He  is  also  referred  to  in  the  Hebrew  inscription  on  the  gravestone 
of  Mrs.  Lizar  Joseph  (Sarah  Judith),  his  daughter-in-law  in  the 
Jewish  cemetery  in  Georgetown,  S.  C. 


ELIEZER  (LIZAR)  JOSEPH  (32) 

SON  OF  Joseph  Stegg,  born  at  Mannheim,  Germany,  1762,  died  at 
Georgetown,  S.  C.,  June  25,  1827.  Buried  in  the  Jewish  ceme¬ 
tery  at  Georgetown  by  the  side  of  his  wife.  Member  of  the  Congre¬ 
gation  Beth  Elohim  of  Charleston.  Married  Sarah  Judith,  daughter 
of  Jacob  Judah  of  Charleston.  They  had  eight  children,  two  sons 
and  six  daughters: 

Jacob  Judah  Joseph,  named  for  his  grandfather,  married  a  Miss 
Emanuel  of  Georgetown,  S.  C. 

Joseph  Joseph  married  Frances  Alexander,  eldest  daughter  of 
Abraham  Alexander,  Jr. 

Eleanor  Joseph  married  Israel  Solomons. 

Molcie  Joseph  married  Samson  Solomons. 

Sarah,  Charlotte  and  Clara  were  unmarried. 

Isabelle  married  Levy  L.  Joseph. 

Lizar  Joseph  was  for  many  years  a  prominent  figure  in  George¬ 
town:  in  1799,  Clerk  of  the  Market;  in  1802,  in  the  vendue  &  com- 


One  hundred  fifteen 


mission  business  and  U.  S.  Inspector  of  Customs  for  the  Post  of 
Georgetown.  '‘Message  from  the  President  of  the  United  States  (Thos. 
Jefferson),  Transmitting  a  Roll  of  the  Persons  having  Office  or  Em¬ 
ployment  under  the  United  States.  Published  by  order  of  the  Senate. 
February  16,  1802.”  In  1826,  warden  of  Georgetown  and  coroner; 
and  in  1801  was  elected  member  of  the  Winyah  Indigo  Society,  a 
social  organization  of  planters  established  about  1740  and  still  in 
existence.  He  was  secretary  at  one  time. 

The  following  was  given  me  by  Judge  Walker  Hazard  and  his 
daughter.  Miss  Hazard  of  Georgetown,  he  a  member  of  the  Society: 

LIST  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS 

of 

THE  WINYAW  INDIGO  SOCIETY 
(Published  in  1874) 

AND  THE  YEARS  IN  WHICH  THEY  BECAME  MEMBERS 

OF  THE  SOCIETY 


Allston,  William  _ 

1757 

Baxter,  Francis  M.  _ 

....  1817 

Allston,  Benjamin,  Jr.  _ 

1791 

Baxter,  John  _ 

....  1755 

Allston,  Jas.  _ 

1755 

Baxter,  John  _  _ 

....  1778 

Allston,  William,  Jr.  _ 

1774 

Bartlett,  Charles  _ ... 

....  1790 

Allston,  Francis  _  _ 

_  1776 

Belin,  Allard  _ 

....  1757 

Allston,  John,  Jr.  _ 

1779 

Belin,  Allard  _  _ 

....  1786 

Allston,  Josia  _ 

1799 

Belin,  Allard  H.  _ 

....  1823 

Allston,  Josias  W.  _ 

1801 

Burton,  Daniel  S.  _ 

....  1829 

Allston,  R.  F.  W.  _ 

1827 

Biddle.  Thomas  _ 

1774 

Allston,  Benjamin  _ 

1817 

Blackwell,  Thomas _ 

1790 

Allston,  John  H.  _ 

1825 

Burnett,  Wm.  _ 

....  1786 

Allston,  Jas.  W.  _ 

_  1818 

Butler,  Thomas  _ 

....  1778 

Allston,  William _ 

.....  1817 

Brown,  Charles  _ 

....  1818 

Allston,  John  E.  _ 

.....  1846 

Broquer,  Clement  _ 

....  1811 

Alston,  William  _ 

.....  1786 

Benjamin,  Ezra  _ 

1818 

Alston,  Joseph  _ 

.....  1806 

Brodut,  Francis  _ 

1811 

Alston,  Wm.  Algunon  _ 

.....  1806 

Cantey,  Charles  _ 

....  1756 

Alston,  T.  Pinckney  _ 

18.35 

Cassels,  John  _ 

....  1772 

Alston,  Jno.  Ash  _ 

.....  184.3 

Chambers,  Travis _ 

1792 

Alston,  Charles,  Jr.  _ 

.....  1845 

Chapman,  William  _ 

....  1830 

Addison,  John  _ 

.....  1794 

Chapman,  John  _ 

....  1833 

Aronson,  Woolf  _ 

.....  1795 

Cheesborouoh,  John  _ 

....  1755 

Austin,  George  _ 

.....  1755 

CheesboroiiCTh,  William  .... 

....  1807 

Anderson,  James  . . . 

.....  1787 

Cheesborouah,  S.  W.  _ 

1812 

Anderson,  Richard  O.  _ 

.....  1824 

Clark,  John  _ 

1757 

Anderson,  J.  B.  _ 

.....  1848 

Cleland,  John  _ 

....  1755 

Atk  insinn  C  I 

1831 

Coachman,  J.  W.  _ 

....  1831 

Baird,  Archibald  _ 

.....  1755 

Cohen,  Abraham  _ 

1786 

Baunatyne,  Francis  - . 

.  1756 

Cohen,  Solomon _ 

....  1791 

Barn,  John  . . . 

.....  1755 

Collins,  Robert  _ 

1787 

Baxter,  Arthur  . . . 

.  1755 

Cooper,  Peter _ 

....  1830 

One  hundred  sixteen 


Croft,  John _  1757 

Croft,  George  _  1793 

Croft,  J.  C _  1846 

Crockatt,  John  _  1755 

Cuthbert,  John  _  1755 

Cuttino,  William  _  1784 

Cuttino,  Jeremiah  _  1807 

Cuttino,  David  W.  _  1817 

Cuttino,  Peter _  1811 

Cussens,  Edmond _  1756 

Calvert,  James  _  1807 

Carr,  Thomas _  1807 

Carr,  Isaac  _  1811 

Carville,  Andrew  _  1818 

Carnes,  Henry  _  1821 

Danford,  Isaac  _  1795 

Darrell,  Edward  _  1793 

Darrell,  Edward,  Jr.  _  1794 

Davies,  David  _  1895 

Davidson,  Alexander  _  1755 


(Second  Page 


Dick,  James  _  1809 

Donnally,  Patrick  _  1790 

Drakeford,  Wm.  _  1758 

Dubourdieu,  Joseph _  1755 

Dunbar,  Thomas  _  1785 

Dwight,  Nathan  _  1775 

Dwight,  Samuel  _  1778 

Dennison,  Henry  _ _  1811 

Devuse,  Anthony  _  1813 

Easterling,  J.  L.  E, _  1831 

Easterling,  J.  L.  _  1858 

Evans,  Thomas  _  1820 

Flagg,  Ebenezer  _  1821 

Flinn,  William  _  1755 

Forssin,  Elias  _  1755 

Forbes,  John  _  1755 

Fitzsimmons,  Paul  _  1858 

Ford,  Stephen _  1773 

Ford,  William  _  1805 

Ford,  Thomas  _  1815 

Ford,  George  _  1816 

Ford,  Stephen _  1818 

Ford,  Jno.  P.  _  1836 

Ford,  George  T. _  1836 

Ford,  Frederick  W.  _  1846 

Ford,  Jos.  W _  1858 

Ford,  Stephen  C.  _  1828 

Fraser,  Benjamin  P. _  1819 

Fraser,  Hugh  _  1795 


Blythe,  Jas.  _  1786 

Bonneau,  Anthony _  1772 

Bossard,  John _  1793 

Boutwell,  Burtonhead  _  1755 

Brazier,  Zachariah  _  1755 

Brown,  Joseph  _  1755 

Brunneau,  Paul  _  1755 

Britton,  Joseph  _  1755 

Buchanon,  John  _  1794 

Burnett,  Andrew  _  1755 

Davidson,  William  _  1756 

Davidson,  Archibald  _  1790 

Deas,  David  _  1755 

De  Liesseline,  John  _  1755 

De  Liesseline,  Isaac  _  1791 

De  Liesseline,  F.  A.  _  1812 

De  Liesseline,  F.  G.  _  1812 

Dozier,  Anthony  W.  _  1831 

Deytens,  H.  F.  _  1858 

Donholm,  George  _  1773 

of  the  List.) 

Fraser,  Peter  W. _  1829 

Fraser,  Hugh  _  1841 

Futhey,  Henry  _  1778 

Futhy,  John  _  1816 

Fyffe,  Charles  _  1755 

Fyffe,  William  _  1755 

Gadsden,  Christopher  _  1755 

Gaillard,  Tacitus  _  1755 

Gamier,  John _  1786 

Gasque,  S.  S.  _  1830 

Gibbs,  Robert _  1755 

Hasell,  Thomas  _  1755 

Hasell,  Thomas  _  1772 

Hasel,  James  _  1816 

Heriot,  Robert  _  1772 

Heriot,  William  _  1773 

Heriot,  George  _  1774 

Heriot,  Benjamin  D.  _  1813 

Heriot,  Jno.  D.  _  1812 

Heriot,  Robert  _  1800 

Heriot,  G.  W.  _  1807 

Heriot,  W.  F.  _  1818 

Heriot,  Thomas  _  1825 

Heriot,  Edward  T. _  1818 

Heriot,  Francis  W.  _  1843 

Howe,  Thomas _  1829 

Hillen,  Ebenezer  _  1811 

Holmes,  John  _  1790 

Henning,  Thomas  _  1772 


One  hundred  seventeen 


Henning,  James  G. _  1856 

Haselden,  S.  M.  B.  _  1847 

Howard,  W.  J.  _  1842 

Hopton,  William  _  1757 

Horry,  Elias  _  1755 

Horry,  Jonah  _  1756 

Horry,  Daniel _  1756 

Horry,  John  _  1756 

Horry,  Elias,  Jr.  _  1771 

Horry,  Hugh  _  1773 

Hosford,  Serajah  _  1791 

Huger,  Daniel  _  1772 

Huger,  Benjamin  _  1792 

Huggins,  Joseph _  1758 

Huggins,  Mark _  1772 

Huggins,  Nathan  _  1809 

Hughes,  William  _  1756 

Hughes,  John  _  1790 

Hyrne,  Alexander  W.  _  1790 

Richardson,  Thomas  _  1797 

Irvin,  Alexander  _  1772 

Gibbes,  Henry  _  1791 

Godfrey,  John  _  1755 

Govan,  George _  1755 

Grant,  William _  1802 

Grant,  Robert  _  1812 

Glover,  Moses  _  1788 

Green,  Wm.  _  1757 

Green,  Richard  _  1755 

Green,  R.  G.  _  1836 


Greene,  Louis  E.  _  1866 

Grier,  Patrick _  1755 

Grier,  Samuel _  1755 

Gourdin,  Theodore  _  1792 

Grier,  James  M.  _  1821 

Green,  Francis  _  1801 

Goddard,  Thomas  F.  _  1818 

Hardwick,  Thomas  _  1818 

Hart,  Nathan  _  1791 

Harralson,  John  _  1831 

Jamison,  James  _ 1772 

Johnson,  Andrew  _  1775 

Johnson,  Archibald  _  1755 

Johnson,  William  _  1772 

Johnson,  Andrew  _  1793 

Johnson,  Wm.  W. _  1796 

Johnson,  Joseph  _  1791 

Jolly,  Joseph _  1796 

James,  W.  D.  _  1800 

Joseph,  Lizar  _  1801 

Joseph,  S.  _  1814 

Keith,  Alexander  _  1755 

Keith,  Alexander  _  1778 

Keith,  John  Alexander _  1826 

Keith,  Matthew  Irvin _ , _  1820 

Keith,  Paul  Trapier  _  1830 

Keith,  John  _  1790 

Kinloch,  Francis  _  1755 

Kinloch,  Cleland  _  1786 


(Third  Page  of  the  List.) 


Kinloch,  Francis  _  1830 

Kidd,  David  _  1839 

King,  Benjamin  _  1826 

Lawson,  John  _  1764 

Lathrop,  George  T.  _  1837 

Leigh,  John  _  1791 

Louis,  Charles  _  1755 

Lilly,  Samuel  _ _ —  1807 

Linning,  John  _  1756 

Lupton,  William _ _ 1793 

Lynch,  Thomas  _  1755 

Lyolbrumby,  Thomas  _  1756 

Lance,  M.  H _ _  1817 

Lennevieux,  W.  G _ _  1826 

LeSesne,  John  F.  _  1842 

LaBruce,  Joseph  P.  - 1817 

Mackie,  James  _ _ -  1779 

Manning,  John  _ 1812 

Marion,  Isaac  _  1756 


Morton,  Edward  _  1772 

Mason,  William  _  1772 

McCants,  John  _  1755 

McDowell,  John  _  1757 

McDowell,  Alexander  _  1755 

McDowell,  Davidson  _  1819 

McDonald,  Archibald  _  1775 

McGrath,  Richard  _  1810 

McKee,  James  _  1755 

Michan,  Paul  _  1791 

Minor,  Charles  _  1755 

Mitchell,  Thomas _  1755 

Mitchel,  Anthony _  1774 

Mitchel,  Edward  _  1787 

Powell,  George  G.  _  1755 

Platt,  Thomas _  1778 

Pyatt,  John  _  1776 

Pyatt,  Joseph  _  1813 

Pvatt,  John  F.  _  1811 


One  hundred  eighteen 


Prior,  David  _  1812 

Prior,  W.  R.  T.  _  1836 

Potter,  Obediah  _  1811 

Porter,  John,  Jr. _  1818 

Puche,  James  M.  _  1823 

Ralston,  John _  1833 

Rembert,  Alexander  _  1812 

Ruttray,  John  _  1756 

Rioch,  Alexander _  1779 

Rose,  Alexander  _  1755 

Rothmahler,  Joseph  _  1755 

Rothmahler,  Erasmus  _  1787 

Rothmahler,  E.  D.  _  1830 

Read,  J.  Harleston  _  1830 

Read,  J.  Harleston,  Jr.  _  1839 

Sarazar,  Jonathan _ _ _  1755 

Savage,  Edward  _  1775 

Screven,  Benjamin  _  1801 

Seymore,  Stephen  _  1778 

Shackelford,  William  _  1755 

Shackelford,  William,  Jr.  _  1755 

Shackelford,  Richard  _  1795 

Shackelford,  John  _  1795 

Shackelford,  Roger  _  1814 

Shackelford,  Richard  _  1809 

Shackelford,  A.  B.  _  1822 

Shackelford,  J.  W _  1810 

Simons,  Maurice  _  1772 

Mitchel,  James _  1787 

Mitchel,  Thomas  - _  1778 

Mitchel,  Thomas  R.  _  1812 

Moultrie,  Alexander  _ 

Murray,  John  _  1773 

Murray,  Wm.  _  1790 

Murray,  Wm.  B. _  1810 

Murray,  John  _  1791 

Murrall,  John _  1793 

Myers,  Moses _  1799 

Myers,  Levi  _  1800 

McGregor,  Alexander  _  1812 


Miller,  Thomas  _  1819 

Magill,  John  D.  _  1822 

McKay,  Donald  L _  1840 

North,  John  G.  _  1829 

Nesbit,  Robert  _  1824 

Oliphant,  David  _  1756 

Palmer,  Wm.  _  1755 

Pawley,  Robert _  1755 

Pawley,  George,  Jr.  _  1757 

Pierce,  Offspring  _ 1763 

Pegues,  Claudius  _  1755 

Phepoe,  Thomas  _  1778 

Pickney,  Charles,  Jr.  _  1755 

Poole,  Joseph  _  1755 

Simons,  Peter  _  1774 

Simons,  Maurice  _  1794 

Simons,  John  _  1812 

Simpson,  William _  1758 

Skrine,  John  _  1755 

Skinner,  George _  1757 

Smith,  William  _  1755 

Smith,  Thomas  _  1773 

Smith,  Andrew _  1795 

Smith,  Savage _  1788 

Smith,  Samuel  _  1812 

Smith,  Robert  _  1812 

Smith,  Benjamin  _  1812 

Smith,  James  _  1827 

Shaw,  T.  L _  1820 

Sian,  A.  L.  _  1838 

Solomons,  Sampson  _  1824 

Solomons,  Israel _  1822 

Sparkman,  W.  E.  _  1836 

Spencer,  George _  1755 

Spierin,  George  Hartwell  _  1799 

Straugham,  James  _  1755 

Stannett,  George  _  1755 

Stellings,  George  _  1773 

Stewart,  James  _  1773 

Stewart,  Wm.  _  1772 


(Fourth  Page  of  the  List.) 


Stilt,  Wm _  1772 

Stoutenborough,  L.  -  1755 

Tarbox,  Peter _  1813 

Theus,  Randolph  -  1778 

Theus,  W.  R.  _  1802 

Thomas,  Samuel -  1804 

Thomas,  Thos.  B.  -  1812 

Thomas,  Edward  -  1839 

Toomer,  Anthony  -  1801 


Trapier,  Paul  _  1755 

Trapier,  Benjamin  _  1755 

Trapier,  Alexander _  1755 

Trapier,  Paul,  Jr.  _  1772 

Trapier,  B.  F _  1798 

Trapier,  W.  W _  1798 

Tregagle,  Nat  _  1755 

Tucker,  Daniel _  1774 

Tucker,  Benjamin  _  1773 


One  hundred  nineteen 


Tucker,  John  H. _ 

1810 

White,  Anthony  _ 

_  1794 

Turguand,  Paul  _ 

1758 

White,  John  _ 

_  1755 

Taylor,  Archibald  _ 

1780 

Wiekly,  John  _ 

_  1778 

Taylor,  J.  M.  _ 

.....  1806 

Wilson,  John  _ 

_  1790 

Taylor,  John,  Sr.  _ 

.....  1796 

Winfield,  Joel  _ 

_  1796 

Taylor,  Robt.  A.  _ 

.....  1814 

Withers,  John  _ 

_  1755 

Taylor,  John  M.  _ 

.....  1811 

Withers,  Francis _ 

_  1792 

Thompson,  W.  T. _ 

.....  1836 

Withers,  Robert  F. _ 

_  1817 

Thurston,  Jos.  _ _ _ 

.....  1843 

Withers,  Robert  _ 

_  1817 

Ward,  Mayham  _ 

.....  1857 

Woodward,  Elisha  _ 

_  1807 

White,  W.  C.  _ 

.....  1858 

Wragg,  Samuel _ .... 

_  1755 

Weston,  Francis  M.  _ 

.....  1827 

Thurston,  Robert  _ 

_  1830 

Weston,  Plowden,  C.  J.  — . 

.....  1860 

Tamplet,  Paul _ 

_  1858 

Waterman,  Eleazer  _ 

.....  1819 

Tucker,  John  H. _ 

_  1859 

Waterman,  E.,  Jr.  _ 

.....  1854 

Tucker,  Joseph  R.  _ _ 

_  1859 

Waldo,  John  _ 

.....  1793 

Tucker,  W.  Hyme  _ 

_  1859 

Walker,  Richard _ 

.....  1787 

Ward,  Joshua  John _ 

_  1824 

Walker,  L.  G.  _ 

.....  1823 

Ward,  Joshua  _ 

_  1857 

Walker,  Hasford  _ 

_  1847 

Wragg,  Samuel  _ 

_  1791 

Waring,  Thomas  _ 

.....  1788 

Wragg,  John _ 

_  1812 

Waties,  Thomas  _ 

.....  1755 

Wright,  Thomas  _ 

_  1755 

Waties,  John _ 

.....  1755 

Wright,  James  _ 

_  1756 

Waties,  John,  Sr.  _ 

.....  1786 

Young,  Anthony  _ 

_  1786 

Watson,  J.  S.  _ 

.....  1812 

Young,  Thomas  _ 

_  1791 

Weaver,  Robert  _ 

.....  1755 

END 

NOTE:  The  old  spelling  of  the  name  of  the  Society  was 

WINYAW, 

but  we  now  write  it  WINYAH. 

W.  H. 

Lizar  Joseph  was  a  nephew  of  Israel  Joseph,  president  of  the  Con- 

gregation  Beth  Elohim  of  Charleston  from  1765  to  1790. 

His  will  is 

on  record  in  Charleston. 

His  wife. 

Miriam,  died  Feb.  7, 

1816.  Their 

daughter,  Mary,  married  Levy  Moses,  brother  of  Isaiah  Moses,  Feb. 

1,  1809  in  Charleston. 

Courier 

Feb.  9,  1809.  Jewish  Marriage 

Notices,  S.  C. 

The  inscription  on  his  tombstone  at  Georgetown,  S.  C.  reads  as 
follows: 


“We  bow  with  humble  resignation 
To  Thy  will  O  Lord, 

For  all  Thy  Works  are  just. 
Beneath  this  tomb  lies  the  remains  of 
Mr.  Lizar  Joseph 
A  native  of  Manheim  in  Jermany 
Who  died  at  Georgetown,  S.  C. 
on  the  25th  of  June  1827 
Aged  65  years.” 


One  hundred  twenty 


General  Francis  Marion 
In  the  swamps  around  Black  Mingo,  South  Carolina 


One  hundred  twenty-one 


RELICS 

1.  Windsor  chair,  owned  by  writer. 

2.  A  Lunar  Calendar  by  Moses  Lopez  of  Newport,  R.  L,  printed 
in  1806,  and  recommended  by  Gershon  Mendes  Seixas,  with  name 
of  Joseph  Stegg  inscribed. 

3.  Wharfage  and  storage  book  dated  1787  combined  with  salt 
book,  dated  1810-11,  given  the  writer  by  Mrs.  Annabelle  Joseph 
Nathans  of  New  Orleans,  a  descendant. 

4.  Family  Bible  owned  by  writer. 

5.  An  Haggadah  published  by  Proops  of  Amsterdam,  now  lost  or 
misplaced,  but  the  writer  has  a  photo  copy  of  the  first  page. 

6.  Two  old  English  prints  published  in  1804:  “Finding  a  Bird’s 
Nest”  and  “Loss  of  a  Favorite  Bird,”  given  writer  by  Mrs.  Julius  M. 
Alexander. 

7.  Silver  snuff  box  marked  “L.  Joseph”  said  to  have  been  given 
him  as  a  Masonic  officer  in  Georgetown,  S.  C.,  by  General  LaFayette. 
Property  of  Mrs.  Annabelle  Joseph  Nathans  of  New  Orleans,  La. 

8.  High  Boy,  property  of  Miss  Eleanor  (Nell)  Solomons  Wolff, 
Savannah,  Ga. 

9.  Small  mahogany  table,  property  of  Miss  Nell  Wolff,  Savannah, 
Ga. 

10.  Oil  paintings  of  Lizar  Joseph  and  his  wife,  Sarah,  by  Thomas 
Sully  and  owned  for  many  years  by  their  daughters,  Charlotte  and 
Sarah  Joseph  of  Savannah,  were  cut  from  their  frames  by  Mrs.  Jo¬ 
seph  M.  Solomons  (Zipporah)  Solomons,  niece)  and  placed  in  the 
coffin  of  their  Aunt  Charlotte  at  her  death  and  at  her  request  and 
buried  with  her  in  Laurel  Grove  Cemetery,  Savannah,  Ga. 

Lizar  Joseph  lived  for  some  time  at  Black  Mingo,  South  Carolina, 
where  his  daughter  Eleanor  (Mrs.  Israel  Solomons)  was  born  No¬ 
vember  9th,  1794.  This  was  an  old  settlement  in  Williamsburg  Dis¬ 
trict  about  a  mile  north  of  the  bridge  over  Black  Mingo  Creek  where 
crossed  by  the  road  to  Britten  and  Bradley’s  ferry  on  the  Great 
Pee  Dee  River  and  about  a  quarter  mile  west  of  Black  Mingo  Creek. 
That  road  was  the  boundary  between  Georgetown  and  Williamsburg 
Districts.  It  was  about  18  miles  from  Georgetown  to  Black  Mingo 
along  the  post  road.  See  Mills  Atlas  of  South  Carolina  1825.  It  is  a 
tradition  in  the  Joseph  family  that  it  was  from  swamp  lands  of 
Israel  and  Lizar  Joseph  in  the  vicinity  of  Black  Mingo  that  General 
Francis  Marion,  the  “Swamp  Fox”  carried  on  his  operations  during 
the  Revolution.  Weeni’s  Marion  p.  119. 

A  legend  in  the  Joseph-Solomons  families  runs  as  follows:  One 
day  Lizar  Joseph  and  his  wife  of  Georgetown,  South  Carolina,  were 


One  luituired  twenty-two 


strolling  on  the  beach  of  nearby  Winyah  Bay  when  they  came  upon 
a  bay  tree  in  full  bloom.  Breaking  off  a  sprig,  he  handed  it  to  her, 
saying:  “May  I  present  this  bay  blossom  to  the  blossom  of  the  Bay?” 

The  painting  of  Sarah  Judith  Joseph  by  Sully  has  been  lost  as 
before  narrated,  but  a  daguerreotype  of  her  daughter  Eleanor  (Mrs. 
Israel  Solomons)  discloses  a  face  of  grave  and  noble  beauty.  If  the 
mother’s  face  was  like  her  daughter’s,  and  it  probably  was,  it  is  not 
difficult  to  understand  him.  At  any  rate,  it  became  a  tradition  in  the 
Joseph-Solomons  line  that  in  the  spring,  every  husband  of  the  blood 
of  Lizar  Joseph,  though  far  from  the  shore  of  Winyah  Bay,  should 
procure  a  blooming  sprig  of  the  bay  tree  and  present  it  to  his  wife, 
saying:  “May  I  present  this  bay  blossom  to  the  blossom  of  the  Bay?” 
And  likewise  every  wife  of  that  blood,  though  her  husband  may  not 
be,  may  expect  from  him  a  like  presentation. 


ELEANOR  JOSEPH  (33) 

AUGHTER  OF  Lizar  Joseph  and  Sarah  Judah  Joseph,  born  No- 
-L'  vember  9,  1794  at  Black  Mingo,  an  old  settlement  now  disap¬ 
peared,  near  Georgetown,  S.  C.  She  was  the  second  wife  of  Israel 
Solomons  whom  she  married  in  May,  1814.  (For  her  children,  see 
Israel  Solomons).  Died  February  6,  1856  in  Savannah,  Ga.  Buried 
in  the  center  of  the  Solomons  family  lot  in  Laurel  Grove  Cemetery, 
Savannah,  Ga.  By  her  grave  stands  a  large  pink  and  white  camellia, 
said  to  have  been  set  out  shortly  after  her  burial  by  her  daughter, 
Charlotte  Joseph.  Her  burial  was  the  first  in  this  lot,  which  was 
purchased  by  her  sons  at  that  time. 

While  living  in  Georgetown,  a  dying  friend,  Mrs.  Munnerlyn, 
asked  Mrs.  Solomons  to  take  charge  of  her  child,  Willie,  and  rear 
him  in  the  Episcopal  Church.  This  Mrs.  Solomons  did  and  the  child 
became  virtually  a  member  of  the  family,  living  with  them  until  the 
Civil  War,  when  he  died  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  Moses  Joseph  Solo¬ 
mons,  his  foster  brother,  in  Savannah,  Ga.,  at  the  age  of  about  twenty- 
one.  A  daguerreotype  of  Mrs.  Solomons  in  the  possession  of  her 
great-granddaughter.  Miss  Nell  Wolff  of  Savannah,  Ga.,  was  taken 
of  her  and  Willie  Munnerlyn,  who  stands  by  her  side  holding  another 
daguerreotype  which  appears  to  be  of  an  elderly  man,  probably 
Israel  Solomons.  The  writer  has  a  copy  of  this  daguerreotype  made  by 
Curtis  &  Cameron  of  Boston. 

RELICS 

1.  A  set  of  the  five  books  of  Moses,  inscribed  in  her  name  as 


One  hundred  twenty-three 


given  by  her  husband.  Now  owned  by  the  writer. 

2.  A  copy  of  a  ritual  of  the  services  for  the  Feast  of  Tabernacles 
(Succoth)  and  inscribed  with  her  name  as  given  her  by  her  husband — 
property  of  the  writer. 

3.  A  patchwork  quilt  carefully  made,  the  pieces  contributed  by 
relatives  and  friends  and  inscribed  with  their  names  as  follows: 

Mina  Shewy  to  her  much  respected  and  esteemed  friend, 
Eleanor  Solomons 

To  a  friend  from  Cecile  Feb.  2,  1852 

To  Aunt  Eleanor  from  Josephine  September  1853 

To  Mother  from  Cecilia,  February  3,  1853 

For  Aunt  Eleanor  from  E.  F.  Abrams,  August  17th  1853 

Mrs.  Solomons  from  Mrs.  Philip 

To  Cousin  E.  from  A.  S.  Bery 

Mrs.  Catherine  Abrams,  Feb.  14,  1853 

From  Rebecca  Simpson,  Sept.  18 

From  a  Friend 

C.  Benjamin 

Emily  Oppenheim  to  Mrs.  E.  I.  Solomons 
Erom  Mary  O  -  Conel  Savannah  1855 
Aunt  Eleanor  from  Sarah  Maria  1853 
Leonora,  July  22,  1853 
Frances  A.  George 

To  Mrs.  Solomons  from  her  friend,  C.  F.  Hayden,  Savannah 

Mary  O.  Ehney,  May  2,  1853 

To  “Grandma”  from  Cecilia  6  years  old 

Julia  Emanuel,  Poughkeepsie,  New  York 

To  my  friend  Mrs.  Solomons  from  Prances 

From  Caroline  Schwerin  to  Mrs.  E.  I.  Solomons 

Rachel  Cohen 

My  servant  Rinah 

R.  B.  B.  Cohen 

To  my  dear  Mrs.  Solomons  from  her  friend  Clara  M. 
Miriam  Moses 

Sarah  G.  Oppenheim  to  Mrs.  E.  I.  Solomons 

To  Mrs  Solomons  from  Rebecca 

To  Mother  from  Zip  M.  Solomons  1853 

Cousin  Eleanor  from  Kate 

Abby  Iris  24,  1852 

From  Sarah  to  Mother 

For  Eleanor  From  Sally 

Mrs.  H.  Davis 

For  Aunt  Solomons  from  Henrietta  S.  September  1853 


One  hundred  twenty-four 


Mrs.  Solomons  from  Mrs.  De  Witt 
R.  Snares 

Form  her  affectionate  &  true  friend  Caroline  Triest,  Mrs. 
Solomons 

For  Grandmother  Eleanor  from  Kate  Abrams,  Aug.  1853 
Isabel  Nones,  New  York,  Dec.  25th,  1852 
To  Mrs.  Solomons  from  Anistree  Simpson,  Sep.  20th,  1853 
For  Mother  from  Perla 
Rebecca  Wingos,  March  3rd,  1853 
“Home  is  not  home  without  Thee”  Ann  Wendell  Evans, 
Dec.  25th,  1852 
Ophelia  L.  Abbott 
Miriam  Moses 

Rachel  Tris,  Dec.  24th,  1852 

Matilda  Oppenheim  to  Mrs.  E.  I.  Solomons 

For  Mrs.  Solomons  from  her  friend  C.,  September  1853 

Mrs.  H.  Davis 

Marion  Nones,  New  York 

With  the  humble  regards  of  Lucy,  Savannah,  January,  1853 
To  Aunt  Eleanor  from  Molcey,  September,  1853 
From  Leonore  S.,  Sept.,  1853 
To  Aunt  Eleanor  from  Henrietta,  September  1853 
Rebecca  1854 

E.  Cohen,  Savannah,  Georgia,  July  1st,  1852 

4.  Letter  to  Mrs.  Solomons  from  her  eldest  son,  Lizar  Joseph 
Solomons  and  his  wife  Perla  May  4,  1851.  Given  the  writer  by  Mrs. 
Miriam  Solomons  Wolff  of  Savannah,  Ga.,  January  8,  1927.  The 
letter  describes  the  first  period  of  his  settlement  in  Savannah  after 
living  in  Georgetown. 


JACOB  JUDAH  (34) 

Nothing  is  known  of  him  except  that  his  name  appears  as  a 
contributing  member  on  the  records  of  the  Congregation  Beth 
Elohim  in  Charleston,  S.  C.  in  5560  (1800)  for  offerings  made  and 
paid  in  the  services  and  aggregating  2  £  8  s.  He  had  a  grandson 
named  for  him,  the  son  of  Lizar  Joseph  and  Sarah  Judah  Joseph. 
This  grandson  married  a  Miss  Emanuel  of  Georgetown. 

The  records  in  Charleston  County,  Charleston,  S.  C.,  show  the 
inventory  of  his  estate  as  recorded  in  Book  14-G,  page  42  in  the 
records  of  Administrators,  a  book  which  was  destroyed  during  the 
Civil  War. 


One  hundred  twenty-five 


His  great  grandson,  Jacob  Judah  Joseph,  of  Savannah,  was  killed 
in  battle  on  the  second  day  of  the  Battle  of  Shiloh. 


SARAH  JUDITH  (35) 

WIFE  OF  Eliezer  (Lizar)  Joseph.  Daughter  of  Jacob  Judah  of 
Charleston,  S.  C.  Born,  1776.  Died  October  2,  1820  in 
Georgetown,  S.  C.,  forty-four  years  old,  and  buried  in  Georgetown 
Jewish  Cemetery  beside  her  husband. 

Inscription  on  Tombstone: 

“The  Lord  has  given  and  the  Lord  has  taken  away 
Blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

in  Memory  of  Sarah 
Wife  of  Lizar  Joseph 

Who  departed  this  life  on  Sunday  the  8th  October 
One  Thousand  Eight  Hundred  and  Twenty 
In  the  44th  year  of  her  age 
She  has  left  a  disconsolate  husband  and 
Eight  children  to  mourn  her  irreparable  loss. 

She  died  as  she  had  lived  beloved  by  all  who  knew  her 
And  blessed  be  the  dead  who  sleepeth  in  the  Lord.” 

The  Hebrew  inscription  on  the  gravestone  reads  in  translation: 
The  Lord  gaveth  and  the  Lord  taketh  away,  may 
the  Lord  bless  His  people. 

The  tomb  of 

Sarah,  the  wife  of  Eliezer,  the  son  of  Joseph  Steg  of 
Manheim  departed  (her  life)  the  first  day  of  the  month 
Heshvan  (Live  Thousand)  Live  Hundred  and  eighty-one, 
and  was  buried  the  following  day  and  the  Lord  who  (re¬ 
membered  Sarah  as  He  had  said  May  the  soul  of  a  righteous 
woman  rest  in  the  garden  of  Eden.) 

In  1937,  the  writer’s  cousin,  Mrs.  David  Beauregard  Talk  (Sarah 
Judith  Solomons,  “Cissie”),  great-granddaughter  of  Sarah  Judith, 
said:  “Aunt  Charlotte  said  that  her  mother’s  mother  (the  mother  of 
Sarah  Judith)  came  from  Baltimore,  Md.”  “Aunt  Charlotte”  was 
Miss  Charlotte  Joseph,  a  daughter  of  Lizar  Joseph  and  Sarah  Judith. 

IN  THE  CIVIL  WAR 

Participation  of  this  family  group  in  the  Civil  War  is  disclosed  by 
epitaphs  on  mouldering  gravestones  in  the  old  cemeteries  of  Atlanta, 


One  hundred  twentx-six 


Charleston,  Savannah,  Augusta  and  Richmond: 


“In  memory  of  our  beloved  father 
Saul  Magnus 
Killed  in  battle  at 
Resaca,  Georgia 
May,  1864” 


“In  memory  of  our  dear  son 
Alexander  M.  Hilziem 
A  victim  at  eighteen  years 
To  the  horrors  of  war. 

Wounded  at  Kennesaw  Mountain,  Georgia, 

He  fills  an  unknown  grave. 

We  do  not  mourn  his  loss 
God  gave  and  God  has  taken  away. 

Truly  the  works  of  God  are  incomprehensible.” 


“Our  brother 
Washington  Emanuel 
Died  August  29,  1864 
In  the  20th  year  of  his 
age  from  wounds  received 
In  battle  in  front  of  Atlanta. 

His  life  was  his  country’s,  her  blood-purchased  soil 
Was  the  theme  of  his  hope  and  the  end  of  his  toil. 
At  the  tomb  of  his  rest,  in  the  still  hush  of  even 
A  tribute  to  virtue  and  valor  be  given.” 


“In  memory  of  our  beloved  sons 
Isaac  Philip,  aged  22  years  and 
Mikell  Meyers  Goldsmith,  age  17  years. 

Victims  in  early  youth  to  the  horrors  of  war 

They  freely  gave  their  young  lives  to  their  country’s  needs. 
Filling  heroes’  graves,  they  have  left  us  nothing  to  mourn.” 


One  hundred  twenty-seven 


Jacob  Judah  Joseph 

killed  on  the  second 
day  of  the  Battle  of  Shiloh 
April  7,  1862 


Edwin  J.  Sampson 

10th  Texas  Regiment 
Killed  in  the  Battle  of  Gaines  Mill 
June  27,  1862 


Lieut.  Jake  R.  Levy 
22nd  Ga.  Reg’t. 

Killed  at  the  Battle  of  Hatcher’s  Run 
Feb.  6,  1865 
Aged  19  years 

A  mothers  tribute  to  her  darling. 


Lieut.  N.  Elcan  Levy 

22nd  Ga.  Reg’t. 

Killed  July  30th,  1864 
at  the  Crater  Fight 
Petersburg,  Va. 

Age  21  years  6  months. 

A  mother’s  tribute  to  her  beloved  son. 


Albert  Luria 

Lieutenant  Infantry,  _ ,  North  Carolina  Regiment. 

(Son  of  Raphael  J.  Moses) 

Killed  in  the  Battle  of  Seven  Pines 
June  1,  1862. 


Mr.  Abraham  Alexander  Goldsmith  of  Charleston,  great  grandson 
of  Abraham  Alexander,  Sr.,  himself  a  veteran  of  the  battles  of  first 
Manassas,  Savage  Station,  Malvern  Hill,  first  Williamsburg,  Shaips- 
burg,  Fort  Fisher  and  many  others  said  there  were  about  si.xty  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  family  in  the  Confederate  service. 


One  hundred  t'wenty-eight 


Major  Raphael  J.  Moses 
of  Columbus,  Ga. 

(Painting  by  Theodore  S.  Moise) 

Eminent  lawyer  and  leader  in  the  Civil  War  and  Reconstruction 
Periods  of  Georgia.  On  the  staff  of  General  James  Longstreet  in 
the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia.  The  strength  of  his  eloquence, 
the  depth  of  his  religious  faith  and  the  power  of  his  wrath  made 
him  seem  a  figure  out  of  the  Book  of  Judges. 


One  hundred  twenty-nine 


IN  THE  WORLD  WARS 
AND  KOREAN  CAMPAIGN 

The  writer  regrets  he  has  not  been  able  in  this  edition  to  compile 
a  complete  record  of  the  service  of  descendants  in  the  World  Wars 
and  Korean  campaign. 


PARTIAL  LIST  OF  DESCENDANTS  WITH  NAMES  OF 
WIFE  OR  HUSBAND  AND  OF  CHILDREN, 
WITH  ADDRESSES 


The  numbers  (1,2, 3, 4, 5)  following  the  name  refer  to  the  An¬ 
cestors  from  whom  descended,  as  follows: 

Joseph  Raphael  of  London  _  1 

Abraham  Isaacks  of  of  Emden  and  New  York,  died  1743 _ 2 

Samson  Mears  of  London,  died  1711 _ 3 

Asher  Michael  de  Paul,  died  about  1701 _ 4 

Joseph  St  egg  of  Mannheim _  5 


Abraham,  Jr.,  Mrs.  Rose  Mosler  1,2, 3, 4 
(Chas.  V.  Abraham,  Jr.) 

1040  Avondale  Avenue 
Cincinnati  29,  Ohio 
Chas.  V.,  Ill 
Richard  W. 

Kate  Mosler 

Abrahams,  Eleanor  (Nellie)  2,  3,  4,  5 
Isle  of  Hope 
Savannah,  Ga. 

Abrams,  C.  Morgan  5 

(Lillie  Blum-Leitnad 
1605  St.  Charles  Ave. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Abrams,  Mrs.  Lola  2,3,4 

1335  Chalmette  Drive,  N.E. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

Alcus,  Mrs.  Cecile  M.  Scherck  5 

(Richard  S.) 

474  Audubon  St. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Isaac  Scherck 
Richard  Irving 
Lewis  Scherck 

Alcus,  Isaac  Scherck  5 

1440  Audubon  St. 

New  Orleans,  La. 


Alcus,  Lewis  Scherck 
(Louise) 

474  Audubon  St. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Alcus,  R.  Irving  5 

(Suzanne) 

537  Broadway 
New  Orleans,  La. 

Alexander,  Cecil  Abraham,  Sr.  1,2,3,4,5 

died  Nov.  3,  1952 

(Julia  Moses,  deceased,  2,3,4) 

111  St.  Charles  PI. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

Charlotte 
Cecil  A.,  Jr. 

Alexander,  Cecil  Abraham,  Jr. 
(Hermione  Weil)  1,2,3,4,5 

3482  Peachtree  Road,  N.E. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

Therese  Julia 
Judith  Marian 

Alexander,  Henry  Aaron,  Sr. 

(Marian  Kline)  1.2,3,4,5 

3440  Peachtree  Rd.,  N.E. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

Henry  Aaron,  Jr. 

Rebecca 

Esther 

Judith 


One  hundred  thirty 


Alexander,  Henry  Aaron,  Jr. 

(Patricia  Schoen) 

Temporary;  90  Highland  St. 

Los  Gatos,  California 
3440  Peachtree  Rd.,  N.E. 

Atlanta  5,  Ga. 

Alexander,  Esther 

3440  Peachtree  Rd.,  N.E. 

Atlanta  5,  Ga. 

Alexander  Judith 

3440  Peachtree  Rd.,  N.E. 

Atlanta  5,  Ga. 

Alexander,  John  Frederick 
(Rosa  Hays  Tobias) 

University  of  N.  C. 

Chapel  Hill,  N.  C. 

Sally  Alexander 
Rosa  Hays  Alexander 
John  Frederick  Alexander,  Jr. 

Apple,  Mrs.  Lulie  Abraham  5 

813  North  Avenue 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

Asher,  Abram  Levy  2,3,4 

(Sarah  Levi) 

505  Angier  Ave. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

Asher,  Baron  H.  2,3,4 

(Erma  Fromme) 

501  Boulevard,  S.E. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

Asher,  Eugene  Samuel  2,3,4 

501  Boulevard,  S.E. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

Asher,  Jeannette  Hannah  2,3,4 

Georgian  Terrace  Hotel 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

Asher,  Julian  Moses  2,3,4 

(June  Feibelman) 

1027  St.  Charles  Ave. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

Asher,  Samuel  Levy  2,3,4 

(Rose  Freimuth) 

183  12th  St.,  N.E. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

Barnet,  Mrs.  Cecil  Michael  2,3,4,5 

(Frederic  Gordon,  Jr.) 

5936  Sherry  Lane 
Dallas,  Texas 

Frederick  Gordon,  HI 
Simon  Michael 

Beaty,  Mrs.  Judith  Loeb  2,3,4 

(Richard  Norton  Beaty) 

730  Park  Ave., 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Richard  Norton,  Jr. 

Frances 

Anne 


Benator,  Mrs.  Laura  Hope  Asher  2,3,4 
(Morris  Benator) 

7315  E.  Kenmore  Drive 
Norfolk,  Va. 

Barry  Ivan 
Gene  Allen 

Bezou,  Mrs.  Marie  Moses  2,3,4 

(George  Bezou) 

543  Julius  Ave. 

New  Orleans  21,  La. 

Lydia  Ann 
Frances  Ann 
Carol  Ann 
Marcus 
Charles  James 

Booker,  Mrs.  Esther  Beer  Lehmann  5 
Forest  Park  Ave. 

Memphis,  Tenn. 

Brady,  Albert  J.  2,3,4,5 

198  Ponce  de  Leon  Ave. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

Bray,  Marcia  Moses  2,3,4 

(Thomas) 

1012  State  Road 
Swampscott,  Mass. 

Carolyn 

Bren  -  Kaus,  Mrs.  Marie  Schley  2,3,4 
101  West  57th  St. 

New  York  19,  N.  Y. 

Bronfman,  Mrs.  Ann  M.  Loeb  2,3,4 
(Edgar  M.) 

730  Park  Avenue 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

Samuel  II 

Buschhoff,  Mrs.  Lorraine  Gladys  5 
Lovenstein  (Robert  Lewis) 

38  E.  85 
New  York 

Lee  Roy  Lewis 
Elaine  Terry 

Cohen,  Adrian  2,3,4 

(Leona) 

Augusta,  Ga. 

Adrian,  Jr. 

Lois 

Cohen,  Clarence  Henry  2,3,4 

(Rhoda  Green) 

Augusta,  Ga. 

Clarence  Henry,  Jr. 

Betty  Adeline 

Cohen,  Mrs.  Constance  Loeb  2,3,4 

(George) 

895  Park  Ave. 

New  York 
George,  Jr. 


1,2,3,4,5 

1,2,3,4,5 

1,2,3,4,5 

1 

1,2,3,4,5 


One  hundred  thirty-one 


Cohen,  Mrs.  Inez  Teress  2,3,4 

2109  Suitland  Terrace,  S.E. 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Ann  Lee 

Cohen,  Leopold  Ira  2,3,4 

(Heline  Schneider) 

Augusta,  Ga. 

Joel 

Leopold  Ira,  Jr, 

Cohen,  Mrs.  Ruth  Heller  5 

340  Riverside  Drive 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

Cecile 

Clara 

Cohen,  S.  Howard  3 

23  W.  73d  St. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Congenheim,  Mrs.  Selma  Lowengardt  5 
7805  St.  Charles  Ave. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Cooley,  Mrs.  Frances  Celestine  2,3,4 

Davega.  (Vincent) 

356  Wilson  St. 

West  Hempstead,  L.  1. 

New  York 

Crist,  Mrs.  Frances  Moses  2,3,4 

Edward  S.  Crist,  Jr. 

1729  Esplanade  Ave. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Cullman,  Edgar  M.  3 

(Louise  Bloomingdale) 

940  Park  Ave.,  N.  Y.  C. 

Lucy 

Edgar,  Jr. 

Susan 

Cullman,  Mrs.  Frances  Wolff  3 

(Joseph  F.,  Jr.) 

910  Park  Ave. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Cullman,  Joseph  F.,  Ill  3 

(Susan  Lehman) 

New  York  City 

Cullman,  Lewis  B.  3 

(Theus) 

338  Ocean  Dr.,  W. 

Stamford,  Conn. 

Cullman,  W.  Arthur  C.  3 

(Cecilia  Stein) 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Davega,  Abram  2,3,4 

(Sarah  del  Monte) 

81  192d  St. 

Jamaica,  L.  1. 

New  York. 

Davega,  Mrs.  Louise  Moses  2,3,4 

(Isaac) 

New  York,  N.  Y. 


Davega,  Richard  2,3,4 

(Hope) 

63-60  102d  St. 

Forest  Hills,  L.  L,  N.  Y. 

Richard  Alison 

Davis,  Mrs.  Joseph  5 

404  Park  Drive 
San  Antonio,  Texas 
Joseph  M. 

Charles  Howard 
Cecile 

Day,  Mrs.  Marie  Moses  2,3,4 

(Michael) 

Oak  Creek 

P.  O.  Box  383,  Colorado 
Rosalie 
Marjorie 
Karen 
Michael 

Dreyfous,  F.  Julius  5 

17  Andubon  Place 
New  Orleans,  La. 

Carol  N. 

F.  John 

Eiseman,  Mrs.  Carol  N.  Dreyfous  5 
(Frederick) 

17  Andubon  Place 
New  Orleans,  La. 

Eiseman,  Cassius  Meyer,  III  5 

3624  Obispo  St. 

Tampa,  Fla. 

Helen  Ann  . 

Eiseman,  Mrs.  Meyer  5 

2828  Calhoun  St. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Marcus 

Weiner 

Celeste 

Eiseman,  Richard  Joseph  5 

Route  11,  Box  22 
Perkins  Road,  So. 

Memphis,  Tenn. 

England,  Mrs.  Isabel  Geisenberger  1 
(Monroe  Benjamin) 

187  Bartlett  Ave. 

Pittsfield,  Mass. 

Mary  Isabel 
Monroe,  Jr. 

Robert  Albert 

Epstein,  Joseph  L.  5 

(Flo  Fox) 

608  Virginia  Avenue,  Gordonslow 
Savannah 

Joseph  L.,  Jr. 

Richard  Fox 

Epstein,  Tracy  5 

(Miriam  D.  Lovenstein) 

218  E.  56th 
Savannah 


One  hundred  thirty-two 


Epstein,  Tracy,  Jr.  5 

(Jean  Ann  Goldstein) 

1232  Berkeley  St. 

Santa  Monica,  Cal. 

Stephen  Alan 

Falk,  Abraham  2, 3, 4, 5 

(Eunice  Lippman) 

740  E.  36th  St. 

Savannah,  Ga. 

David  Beauregard,  II. 

Falk,  Mrs.  Cissie  Solomons  5 

(Mrs.  David  Beauregard  Falk,  Sr.) 
Barbizon  Plaza  Hotel 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

Zipporah 

Sarah 

Hannah 

Abram 

David 

Falk,  Jr.,  Col.  David  Beauregard,  U.  S. 


Army  (Ann  Findeison)  2,3,4,5 

Presidio 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Falk,  II,  David  Beauregard  2,3,4,5 

(Aria  Fey) 

Louisville,  Kentucky 

Falk,  Henrietta  Adeline  2,3,4 

no  West  36th  St. 

Savannah,  Ga. 

Falk,  Lucile  Evelyn  5 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Falk,  Rita  2,3,4 

521  W.  112th  St. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Falk,  Walter  2,3,4 

521  W.  112th  St. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Falk,  Washington,  Jr.  2,3,4 

(Doris  J.  Lippman) 

110  West  36th  St. 

Savannah,  Ga. 

Falk,  Washington,  III  2,3,4 

2025  Peachtree  Rd.,  N.E. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

Falk,  Lawrence  Lippman  2,3,4 


(Lucille  Kotler) 

364  Blanca  Ave. 

Davis  Island 
Tampa,  Fla. 

Leslie  Ann 

Falk,  Richard  2,3,4 

Ga.  School  of  Technology 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

Feidelson,  Mrs.  Adeline  Brady  Falk 
(Charles  N.)  2,3,4 

Savannah,  Ga. 


Feidelson,  Charles  N.,  Jr.  2,3,4 

(Katie  Van  Raalte) 

Department  of  English 
Yale  University 
Hartford,  Conn. 

Feidelson,  David  Falk  2,3,4 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Feidelson,  Adeline  2,3,4 

Vassar  College 
Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Forster,  Byron  Davega  2,3,4 

Georgia  Court  35-63  83rd  St. 

Jackson  Heights 
Long  Island,  N.  Y. 

Forster,  Mrs.  Marie  Davega  2,3,4 

(Byron) 

Georgian  Court,  35-63  83  rd  St. 
Jackson  Heights 
Long  Island,  N.  Y. 

Byron 

Frankel,  Mrs.  Claire  Levy  2,3,4 

1487  Ponce  de  Leon  Ave. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

Allan  Richard 

Fryback,  Mrs.  Barbara  Maas  2,3,4,5 

(Dwight  Fryback) 

Care  Largo  Oil  and  Transport  Co. 
Aruba,  N.  W.  J. 

Patricia 

Furchgott,  Mrs.  Jane  Solomons 

(Charles  Max)  2,3,4,5 

1225  East  48th  St. 

Charles  Max,  Jr. 

Constance  Jane 

Geisenberger,  Mrs.  Isabel  Newman  1 
(Albert  J.) 

20  West  72nd  Street 
New  York  City 

Ginsberg,  Mrs.  Ruth  Szold  2,3,4,5 

(Professor  Eli  Ginsberg) 

444  Central  Park  West 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

Goldsmith,  Edward  Hilzeim  1, 2,3,4 

(Lillian  Maas) 

Selma,  Ala. 

Edward  Hilzeim 
Lillian  Rose 
Stanley 

Goldsmith,  Myrtle  Camille  1, 2,3,4 

310  W.  85th  St. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Goldsten,  Mrs.  Adeline  Wolff  2,3,4 
(Joseph  Goldsten) 

Willow  Grove,  Pa. 

1101  Easton  Rd. 

Carol 


One  hundred  thirty -three 


Goldstone,  Mrs.  Aline  May  Lewis  3,4 
(Lafayette  Anthony) 

17  E.  84th  St.,  N.  Y.  C. 

John  Lewis 
Harmon  Hendricks 

Goldstone,  John  Lewis  3,4 

Jeannette  Kilham 
17  E.  84th  St.,  N.  Y.  C. 

Jane 

Graber,  Mrs.  Adeline  Nathan  2,3,4 

(Joseph  Jay) 

627  Olive  St.,  res.  Ladue 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Guggenheim,  Mrs.  Jeanne  Touro 
Wolff  2,3,4 

(James  Robert) 

1101  Fenmore  Drive 
Cincinnati  29,  Ohio 
James  Robert,  Jr. 

Eve 

Jeanne 

Halpern,  Mrs.  Cora  L.  5 

(Nat  Halpern) 

7805  St.  Charles  Ave. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Leonard 
Nat,  Jr. 

Halsey,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Loeb  1, 2,3,4 

3  Orange  St. 

Charleston,  S.  C. 

Heller,  Isaac  Scherck  5 

33  Audubon  Blvd. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Edward  Max 
Theo  M. 

Heller,  Rabbi  James  Gutheim  5 

Cincinnati,  Ohio 
Cecile 
Susie 

Hendricks,  Mrs.  Rosalie  Nathan  3 

(Henry  S.) 

262  Central  Park  West 
New  York  24,  N.  Y. 

Ruth 

Sally 

Hennig,  Mrs.  Helen  Kohn  1,2,3, 4 

(Julian  Henry) 

811  Woodland  Drive 
Columbia,  S.  C. 

Julian  Henry,  Jr. 

Irene  Kohn 

Hiller,  Mrs.  Alice  Levy  2,3,4 

(Julian  Hiller) 

2514  Nashville  Ave. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Alfred  E. 

Richard  J. 


Himmelstern,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Mosler 
(Robert  Julius)  1,2,3  4 

88  West  Clay  Park 
San  Francisco  21,  California 
Ellen  Magnus 
Robert  Julius 

Hohenstein,  Mrs.  Charles  5 

21  E.  31st  St. 

Savannah,  Ga. 

Hohenstein,  Dr.  Charles  Louis  5 

(Hermenia  Weill) 

115  E.  Gwinnett 
Savannah,  Ga. 

Charles  Louis,  Jr. 

Hohenstein,  Leslie  Wallace  5 

(Roslyn  Heilman) 

10  W.  51st  St. 

Savannah,  Ga. 

Hohenstein,  Ralph  S.  5 

(Rose  Wasserman) 

Savannah,  Ga. 

Hudson,  Mrs.  Frances  Abrams  2,3  4 
(Charles  E.) 

1339  Chalmette  Drive 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

Carolyn 

Joan 

Hyams,  Henry  '  15 

(Violet  Straus) 

Meridian,  Miss. 

Violet 

Josephine 

Hyams,  Joseph  Brooks  5 

Colonel  U.  S.  Army 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Hyams,  Mord  5 

(Beulah  Hexter) 

512  S.  Bonnie  Brae 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Claudia 

Jacobowitz,  Mrs.  Lois  Levy  2  3  4 

(Theodore  J.) 

19344  Strathcona  Drive 
Detroit,  Mich. 

Charles 
Ann  Claire 
Ellen  Sue 

Jacobs,  Frances  Nathan  Cullman  3 
(Robert  Allan) 

R.F.D.  3 
Stamford,  Conn. 

Frances  IV 

Barbara 

Robert 

Jacoby,  Mrs.  Kathe  Solis-Cohen  3,4 
(Marvin)  ’ 

2110  Spruce  St. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 


One  hundred  thirty-four 


Johnson,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Schlesinger  1 
(Harrison  William) 

2620  Highland  Avenue 
Birmingham,  Alabama 

Joseph,  Henrietta  Abrams  5 

5  S.  Sacramento  St. 

Ventnor,  New  Jersey 

Josephs,  Mrs.  Marjorie  Grace  3,4 

Solis-Cohen 
(Ira  Josephs) 

Care  823  69th  Avenue 
Oaklane,  Philadelphia  26,  Pa. 
Lawrence 
Donald 


Kamins,  Mrs.  Marian  Magnus  1, 2,3,4 
(Maurice  Lloyd) 

455  South  McCadden  Place 
Los  Angeles,  California 
Jean  Magnus 
Maurice  Lloyd 
Paul  Boykin 


Kaplan,  Mrs.  Frances  Freimulth 

Asher  2,3,4 

(David  I.) 

1638  N.  Decatur  Rd.,  N.E. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

Daryl  Rose 

Kellar,  Mrs.  Mary  Solis-Cohen  3,4 

(George) 

709  Rambler  Rd. 

Elkins  Park,  Penn. 

Kempner,  Alan  H.,  Jr.  2,3,4 

(Sandra  Stark) 

Alan  H.,  Ill 
Kemper  Lane 
White  Plains,  N.  Y. 


Kempner,  Carl  Loeb 
Doris  Coleman) 
Kempner  Lane 
White  Plains,  N.  Y. 
Catherine 
Margaret 
Carl  Loeb,  Jr. 


Kempner,  Mrs.  Margaret  Loeb 
(Alan  H.) 

Kempner  Lane 
White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

Alan  H.,  Jr. 

Carl  Loeb 
Thomas  Lenox 

Kempner,  Thomas  Lenox 
(Nan  Schlesinger) 

White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

Thomas  Lenox,  Jr. 

Gus  J.  Klatz,  Jr. 


Klotz,  Mrs.  Lucille  Falk  5 

907  Chartres  St. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Gus  J. 

Klatz,  Jr. 

Kohn,  August,  Jr.  1, 2,3,4 

(Dorita  Moise) 

Care  706  N.  Belmont  Ave. 

Richmond,  Va. 

Kohn,  Theodore  1,2, 3, 4 

(Henrietta  Greenbaum) 

706  North  Belmont  Ave. 

Richmond,  Va. 

Page 

Theodore 

August 


Kursheedt,  Edwin  M.  5 

7120  Panola  St. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Kursheedt,  Hilda  5 

7022  S.  Claiborne  St. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Kursheedt,  Irma  5 

7022  S.  Claiborne  St. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Lacassagne,  Mrs.  Anne  Moses  2,3,4 


(Ralph  M.) 

1418  North  Johnson  St. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Lane,  Mrs.  Mina  Frank  Levy  5 

(Stanley) 

13  Terrace  Circle 
Bldg.  15,  Great  Neck,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 
Korla  Lynn 
Pauline  Judith 
Robin  Merry 

Leffler,  Abram  5 

(Helen  Peck) 

3909  N.  5th  St. 

Arlington,  Va. 

David  Lee 
Margaret  Ann 

Leffler,  Adolph  5 

149  30th  Ave. 

San  Mateo,  Cal. 

Leffler,  Mrs.  Etta  Lovenstein  5 

(Adolph  Leffler,  dec’d) 

55  DeRenne  Apt. 

Savannah,  Ga. 

Leffler,  Lee  R.  5 

(Louise  Romig) 

505  Windsor  St. 

Reading,  Pa. 

John  Warren 

Lehmann,  Esther  Beer  5 

Memphis,  Tenn. 


One  hundred  thirty-five 


Lehmann,  Joseph  Harrod  * 

(Jennie  Hochstadter) 

3764  Montevallo  Rd. 

Birmingham,  Ala. 

Jennie 

Lehmann,  Simon,  II  5 

Memphis,  Tenn. 

LeVino,  Mrs.  Elsye  Geisenberger  1 

(Gerald) 

94  Mercer  Ave. 

Hartsdale,  N.  Y. 

Joan 


Levy,  Abram,  Jr. 

(Gladys  Loring) 

1487  Ponce  de  Leon  Ave. 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

Abram,  III 

Claire 

2.3,4 

Levy,  Mrs.  Addie  Moses 
(Deronda) 

1413  2nd  Ave. 

Columbus,  Ga. 

Edward  J. 

Alice  Hiller 

Adele  Rucker,  Jr. 

2,3,4 

Levy,  Mrs.  Adelaide  Simson 
(Julius  Willie) 

784  Ridgewood  Rd. 

Key  Biscayne,  Fla. 

Solomons 

5 

Levy,  Edward  J. 

(Marie  Baxley) 

1359  15th  St. 

Columbus,  Ga. 

Susan 

Adele 

2,3,4 

Levy,  Isaac  Clarence 
(Jeannette  Victor) 

784  Ridgwood  Rd. 

Key  Biscayne,  Fla. 

Ralph  Victor 

Isaac  Clarence,  Jr. 

Jean  William 

Harry  S. 

2,3,4,5 

Levy,  Isaac  Clarence,  Jr. 

(Ann  Erwin  Fleming) 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

2,3,4,5 

Levy,  Lt.  Col.  Julius  Willie 
U.S.A. 

(La  Grea  Veale) 

Heidelberg,  Germany 
Barbara 

2,3,4,5 

Judith 

Levy,  Mrs.  Lillie  Weichselbaum  5 
(Sydney) 

Savannah,  Ga. 

Jessie 


Levy,  Lionel  2  3  4 

(Elizabeth  Hays) 

New  York,  N,  Y. 

Levy,  Mrs.  Marian  Abrahams  2,3,4 
(Benjamin  Hirsch) 

3001  Atlantic  Ave. 

Savannah,  Ga. 

Joan 

Benjamin  Hirsch,  Jr. 

Levy,  Dr.  Moses  Solomons  2  3  4  5 
(Mildred  Ferst) 

304  Dunne  St. 

Smyrna,  Ga. 

Levy,  Dr.  Tracy  2,3,4,5 

(Mary  Nel  Melton) 

U.S.  Public  Health  Service 
Memphis,  Tenn. 

Tracy,  Jr. 

Frank  Melton 

Liberman,  Mrs.  Ernestine  Scherck  5 
(Mortimer) 

New  Orlenas,  La. 

Alma 

Ann 

Ethel 

Lippman,  Mrs.  Betty  Szold  2  3  4  5 

(Morton) 

14  Rockwin  Rd. 

Rockville  Center 
Long  Island,  N.  Y. 

David 

Deborah 

Loeb,  Mrs.  Adeline  Moses  '>3  4 

(Carl  M.) 

910  Fifth  Avenue 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

Margaret 
John  Langeloth 
Carl,  Jr. 

Henry  Alfred 

Loeb,  Carl  M.,  Jr. 

(Lucille  Schamberg) 

895  Park  Ave. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Constance 
Carl  M.,  Ill 
Peter  Kenneth 

Loeb,  Henry  A.  2  3  4 

(Louise  Steinhardt) 

Camp  Fire  Road 
Chappaqua,  New  York 
Jean  A. 

Elizabeth 

Loeb,  Mrs.  leda  5 

7805  St.  Charles  Ave. 

New  Orleans,  La. 


One  hundred  thirty-six 


Loeb,  John  Langeloth  2,3,4 

(Frances  Lehman) 

730  Park  Ave. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Judith  H. 

John  Langeloth,  Jr. 

Arthur  Lehman 
Ann  M. 

Deborah  F. 

Lowengardt,  Mrs.  Viola  5 

7805  St.  Charles  Ave. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Edward 
Alfred 
Karl  Lewis 
Walter 

Lovenstein,  Joseph  Solomons  5 

559  W.  158 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

Lovenstein,  Mrs.  Lee  Roy  5 

Hotel  10,  Park  Ave. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Maas,  Edward  L.  2, 3,4,5 

(Helen  McKenna) 

11  Emerson  Road 
Wellesley  Hills,  Mass. 

Ted 

Robert 

Jeannette 

Bill 

Maas,  Mrs.  Fannie  Abrahams  2,3,4,5 

(Amie  T.) 

Isle  of  Hope 
Savannah,  Ga. 

Magnus,  Harriet  Fries  1,2, 3, 4 

1620  South  Livonia  Avenue, 

Los  Angeles  35,  Cal. 

Magnus,  Herman  M.  1,2, 3,4 

(Tressa  C.  Berman) 

Apt.  801-B,  The  Belvedere 
Cincinnati,  Ohio 
Marjorie 
Joan 

Magnus,  Julian  A.  1,2, 3, 4 

(Edith  J.  Metzger) 

3896  Reading  Rd. 

Cincinnati,  Ohio 
Joseph  A. 

William  S. 

Julian  A,,  Jr. 

Marks,  Mrs.  Julius  S.  5 

Brownsville,  Tenn. 

Marks,  Winner  Eiseman  5 

710  S.  Carrollton  Ave. 

New  Orleans,  La. 


Massel,  Mrs.  Jean  Magnus  1,2, 3,4 

(Mark  S.) 

530  Longwood  Ave. 

Glencoe,  Illinois 
Lynn  Magnus 
Joan  Harriet 

Mayer,  Mrs.  Sarah  Henry  Solomon 
(Larry)  2,3,4, 5 

Wellesley  Manor 
Grimball’s  Point 
Savannah,  Ga. 

Mary  Jane 

Melasky,  Maj.  Gen.  Harris  2,3,4 

(Helen  McDonald) 

49  Freemont  Place 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Michael,  Dr.  Max  Jr.  2,3,4,5 

(Barbara  Elizabeth  Siegel) 

Maimonides  Hospital 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Max  III 

Robert  Oliphant 
Paul  Ramsay 
Lloyd  David 

Miller,  Mrs.  Addie  Virginia  Solomons  5 
(David) 

240  Central  Park  South 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

Harry  David 
Richard 

Miller,  Richard  5 

(Evelyn  Berzico) 

905  Central  Ave. 

Sandusky,  Ohio 
Barry  Allen 

Moore,  Harry  Frances  Schlesinger  1 

(Mrs.  Harry  S.  Moore) 

2440  Peachtree  Road,  N.  E. 

Atlanta,  Georgia 

Morrison,  Mrs.  Jennie  Lehmann  5 

(Marvin  B.) 

49  Overbrook  Rd. 

Birmingham  9,  Ala. 

Joan 

Margaret 

Morse,  Mrs.  Dorothy  Levy  2,3,4 

(Leon  Morse) 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Lois 

Patsy 

Moses,  Alice  2,3,4 

1015  Sanford  Road 
Phoenix  City,  Ala. 

Moses,  Capt.  Charles  Clifton,  USN  Ret. 
(Edith  D.)  2,3,4 

Bluffton,  S.  C. 


One  hundred  thirty-seven 


Moses,  Edward  S. 

(Marie  Theard) 

R.F.D.  2,  Esquiline  Hill 
Columbus,  Ga. 

Marie 

Anne 

Frances 

2,3,4 

Moses,  Eleanor 

15  Birch  St. 

Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 

2,3,4 

Moses,  Hampton  Hammond 
( Lula  Graves) 

709  E.  36th  St. 

Chicago,  Ill. 

2,3,4 

Moses,  Henry  Benton 

P.  0.  Box  674 

Ben  Franklin  Sta. 

Washington,  D.  C. 

2,3,4 

Moses,  Isaac  Isaiah 
(Ada  Brady) 

1015  Sandfort  Rd. 

Phoenix  City,  Ala. 

Isabel  Alice 

Henry  Benton 

Isaac  Isaiah,  III 

2,3,4,5 

Moses,  Isaac  Isaiah  III 
(Margaret  Hoffman) 

714  Pickens  St. 

Columbia,  S.  C. 

Albert  Lawrence 

Margaret  Lanier 

2,3,4 

Moses,  Isabelle 

Phoenix  City,  Ala. 

2,3,4 

Moses,  Josephine  Jonas 

15  Birch  St. 

Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 

2,3,4 

Moses,  Leila  Tyndall 

315  W.  86th  St. 

2,3,4 

New  York  24,  N.  Y. 

Moses,  Mrs.  Lilian 

(Montefiore,  J.  Moses,  deceased  2,3,4 


1021  Cranford  Place 

Greeley,  Colo. 

- 

Moses.  Lionel  Bel 

2,3,4 

(Julia) 

Orrington  Hotel 

Evanston,  111. 

Stanford  Hunter 

Lionel  Bel,  Jr. 

Moses,  Mary  Alice 

1413  2nd  Ave., 

Columbus,  Ga. 

2,3,4 

Moses,  Nina 

2,3,4 

1021  Cranford  Place 

Greeley,  Colo. 

Moses,  Raphael  Jacob  2,3,4 

(Marian  Beck) 

214  Poncha  Ave. 

Alamosa,  Colo. 

Moses,  Robert  Sturtevant  2,3,4 

15  Monument  St. 

San  Antonio,  Texas 
Charles 
Robert 

Moses,  Sadele  Pickett  -  ?  3  4 

15  Birch  St. 

Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 

Moses,  Shirley  2  3,4 

200  N.  Lombard  St. 

Oak  Park,  Illinois 

Moses,  Capt.  Stanford  Elwood,  USN  Ret. 
(Agnes  Spencer)  2,3,4 

U.  S.  Naval  Hospital 
Long  Beach,  Calif. 

Stanford  Elwood,  Jr. 

McDonald 

Moses,  Walter  Cecil  2,3,4 

(Julia  Fedderman) 

704  Gladstone  Ave. 

Baltimore,  Md. 

Moses,  Wilfred  Moultrie  2,3,4 

(Mary  Catharine  Pearl) 

12034  South  GurlCy  Ave. 

Downey,  California 
Marie 
Alice 

Moses,  Capt.  Wm.  Moultrie,  USN  Ret. 
(Catherine  Kenny)  2,3,4 

223  Laurel  Lane 
Clark's  Summit,  Pa. 

Nathan,  Judge  Edgar  J.,  Jr.  3 

(Mabel  Unterberg) 

271  Central  Park  West 
New  York  24,  N.  Y. 

Edgar  J.,  Ill 
Frederick  Solis 

Nathan,  Edgar  Jr.,  HI  3 

( Ruth  Gottesman) 

150  W.  79th  St. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Arthur  Edgar 
Sara  Ellen 

Nathan,  Emily  3 

271  Central  Park  West 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

Nathans,  Mrs.  Anna  Isabel  Joseph  5 
(Mrs.  Nathans,  Dec'd.) 

Jung  Hotel 
New  Orleans,  La. 


One  hinidrcd  thirty-eight 


Nathans,  Henrietta  A.  Joseph  5 

(James  Nathan)  i  . 

St.  Ventor,  New  Jersey 
Avery  J. 

J.  Jefferson 

Neely,  Mrs.  Rachel  Cohen  Schlesinger  1 
(Frank  Henry) 

Biltmore  Apartments 
Atlanta,  Georgia 

Cppenheim,  Alfred  Philip  1,2, 3,4 

(Rose  Blum) 

66  Fletcher  Ave. 

Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 

Gail  Iris 

Oppenheim,  Ferdinand  Shulhafer  1,2, 3, 4 
(Esther  Hirsch) 

34  Glenwolde  Park 
King’s  Point,  Great  Neck 
Long  Island,  New  York 
Alfred  Philip 
Justin  Sable 
Mona  Hirsch 

Oppenheim,  Justin  Sable  1,2, 3,4 

(Joyce) 

Apt.  2B,  193-15B  69th  Ave. 

Fresh  Meadows,  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 

Oppenheim,  Mona  Hirsch  1,2, 3, 4 

34  Grenwolde  Park 
King’s  Point,  Great  Neck 
Long  Island,  New  York 

Osterweil,  Mrs.  Alice  Weichselbaum  5 
(Irving) 

Savannah,  Ga. 

John  Weichselbaum 

Parker,  Rachel  Eve  Neely  1 

(Benjamin  Myron) 

Neely  Farm 
Norcross,  Georgia 
Daniel 
Eve 
Nathan 

Phillips,  Captain  Naphtali  Taylor  3 

23  W.  73rd  St. 

New  York  27,  N.  Y. 

Podell,  Mrs.  Cissie  Falk  2, 3,4, 5 

David  Louis) 

1  East  88th  St. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Margaret 
David  Louis,  Jr. 

Price,  Elizabeth  Levy  5 

(Joseph  A.) 

1410  E.  49th  St. 

Savannah,  Ga. 

Joseph  A.,  Jr. 

Regli,  Mrs.  Hannah  Falk  2, 3, 4, 5 

(Werner) 

R.  F.  D.  No.  1 
Mahopac,  N.  Y. 


Rosenfield,  Adolph  Brady  2,3,4 

1044-46  Redondo  Ave. 

Long  Beach  4,  Cal. 

Rosenthal,  Mrs.  Anne  Solis-Cohen  3,4 
(Charles) 

709  Rambler  Road 
Elkins  Park,  Pa. 

(Norma) 

Ross,  Mrs.  Marie  Louise  2,3,4 

(Robert) 

Georgian  Court,  35-63  83rd  St. 

Long  Island,  N|  Y. 

Rucker,  Mrs.  Adele  Moses  2,3,4 

-  Columbus,  Ga. 

Russell,  Harold  Henry  1,2, 3,4 

(Hortense  Maxine  Lion) 

141  E.  88th  St. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Richard  Lion 
Kate  Gene 

Scherck,  Lewis  A.  5 

5215  Perrier  St. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Schlenker,  Mrs.  Miriam  Tillman  5 

(Simon) 

607  Oak  St. 

Natchez,  Miss. 

Josephine 

Schlesinger,  Alexander  Lionel  1 

61  Longhill  Street 
Springfield,  Mass. 

Schlesinger,  Richard  Hugh  1 

501  East  88th  Street 
New  York  28,  New  York 

Schlesinger,  Joseph  Alfred,  Senior  1 

(Rival  Breslav) 

1080  Boulevard,  N.  E. 

Atlanta,  Georgia 

Schlesinger,  Joseph  Alfred,  Junior  1 

1080  Boulevard,  N.  E. 

Atlanta,  Georgia 
Dorothy  Claire 
Alexa  Ann 

Schockert,  Rebecca  Alexander  1, 2,3,4, 5 

(Nathan) 

2224  Rittenhouse  Square 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Schulman,  Mrs.  Frances  Esther 

Solis-Cohen  3,4 

(Dr.  John  Schulman,  Jr.) 

Care  823  69th  Ave. 

Oaklane,  Philadelphia  26,  Pa. 

Nancy 

Schulson,  Mrs.  Ruth  Hendricks  3,4 
(Hyman) 

25  West  81st  St. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

David 


One  hundred  thirty-nine 


Schwartz,  Mrs.  Lois  Strauss  5 

( Harry  Schwartz) 

844  Laurel  Ave. 

Macon,  Ga. 

Jacqueline  Ann 
Samuel 

Scooler,  Gabriel  5 

Bienville  Hotel 
St.  Charles  Ave. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

Bertha 

Rai 

Lillie 

Seligman,  Mrs.  Miriam  Szold  2,3  4  5 
775  Vernon  Ave. 

Glencoe,  Lll. 

Robert 
Norman,  Jr. 

Senior,  Mrs.  Marjorie  Magnus  1,2, 3, 4 

(Robert) 

5401  Newfield  Avenue 
Cincinnati  29,  Ohio 

Shulman,  Mrs.  Margaret  Podell  2  3  4  5 
(Mark)  ’  ’ 

Cooper  Village 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

Sidwell,  Mrs.  Alice  Moses  2,3,4 

(George  Congdon) 

6024  Orchard  Ave. 

Richmond  57,  Calif. 

Alice  Mary 
Joan 

Catherine 

Silvers,  Mrs.  Virginia  Davega  2,3,4 

(Robert) 

81-31  192nd  St. 

Jamaica,  L.  L,  N.  Y. 

David  Davega 
Ronald  Davega 
Judith  Lynn  Davega 

Simon,  Mrs.  Leo  5 

Natchez,  Miss. 

Marian 
Leo,  Jr. 

Snyder,  Jane  Moses  2  3  4 

67  Norwood  Ave. 

Berkeley  8,  Calif. 

Solis,  Miss  Elvira  Nathan  3 

(Deceased) 

231  Central  Park  West) 

New  York  24,  N.  Y. 

Solis-Cohen,  David  Hays  3^4 

(Ema  Sultan) 

235  S.  15th  St. 

Philadelphia  2,  Pa. 

Helen 

David  Hays,  Jr. 


Solis-Cohen,  Emily  Elvira  3  4 

2601  Parkway 
Philadelphia  30,  Pa. 

Solis-Cohen,  Dr.  Myer  3^4 

(Rosebud  Teschner) 

2110  Spruce  St. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Kathe 

David  Alexander 

Solis-Cohen,  Jr.,  Jack  3^4 

(Marian  Tabe) 

709  Rambler  Road 
Elkins  Park,  Pa. 

Mary 

Anne 

Solis-Cohen,  Francis  Nathan  3,4 

(Julia  Coleman) 

823  69th  Ave. 

Oaklane,  Philadelphia  26,  Pa. 

Marjorie  Grace 
Frances  Esther 

Solis-Cohen,  David  Hays,  Jr.  3,4 

(Virginia  Kaufmann) 

99  Alverthope 
Meeting  House  Road 
Jenkintown,  Pa. 

Elizabeth  Virginia 
Katherine 

Solomon,  Arthur  Wellesley,  Jr.  2  3  4 
(Ann  Erlich) 

2  E.  39th  St. 

Savannah,  Ga. 

Anne 
Sue  Read 
Jan 

Solomon,  Mrs.  Frances  Melaski  2,3, 4,5 

(Arthur  Wellesley  Solomon) 

Wellesley  Manor 
Grimball’s  Point 
Savannah,  Ga. 

Solomons,  Abraham  Alexander  2  3  4  5 
226  E.  56th  St. 

Savannah,  Ga. 

Solomons,  Mrs.  Abraham  Alexander  5 
(Sallie  Hyams,  deceased) 

529  West  158th  St. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Solomons,  Mrs.  Harry  J.  5 

240  Central  Park  South 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

Solomons,  Isaiah  Abraham,  Jr.  2,3, 4,5 

(Lena  Shulhafer) 

214  E.  49th  St. 

Savannah,  Ga. 


One  hundred  forty 


Solomons,  Isaiah  Abraham  III  2, 3, 4, 5 
(Marie  Straus) 

7  Nassau  Boulevard 

Garden  City,  Long  Island,  N,  Y. 

Susanne 
Walter  Rich 
Virginia 

Solomons,  Mortimer  Joseph  5 

(Mildred  Haskell) 

345  Midwood  Road 
Woodmere,  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 

Stephanie  Harriet 

Solomons,  Irma  5 

529  W.  Ill  St. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Solomons,  Etta  5 

529  W.  111th  St. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Solomons,  Philip  2, 3,4,5 

(Shirley  Massed) 

Drayton  and  37th  St. 

Savannah,  Ga. 

Philip  Jr. 

Ralph  Stewart 

Solomons,  Sarah  Falk  2,3,4,5 

226  E.  56th  St. 

Savannah,  Ga. 

Spigel,  Mrs.  Helen  Solis-Cohen  3,4 

(Herbert,  Deceased) 

7300  Mountain  Ave,  Oaklane, 
Philadelphia  26,  Pa. 

Frank  Benjamin 
Robert  Hays 
James  Herbert 

Strauss,  Cmdr.  Ben  Arthur,  USN  5 

(Olive  Meyer) 

Navy  Yard,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Sandra  Lee 

Strauss,  Mrs.  Ethel  Apple  5 

(Arth  D.) 

813  North  Avenue 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

Strauss,  Hugh  1 

Kokomo,  Indiana 

Sternberg,  Mary  Alice  2,3,4 

1413  2nd  Ave. 

Columbus,  Ga. 

Szold,  Mrs.  Zip  Solomons  Falk  2,3, 4,5 

(Robert) 

334  Pelhamdale  Ave. 

Pelham,  New  York 
Miriam 
Ruth 
Betty 
Joan 


Tillman,  Mrs.  Mamie  H.  5 

(Cassius  L.) 

607  Oak  St. 

Natchez,  Miss. 

Cassius  Tillman,  Jr. 

Josephine 

Miriam 

Tobias,  Mrs.  Thomas  Jefferson,  Sr. 


(Hortense  Alexander) 

17  Rutledge  Ave. 

Charleston,  S.  C. 

1,2,3,4,5 

Tobias,  Hortense  Alexander 

17  Rutledge  Ave. 

Charleston,  S.  C. 

1,2,3,4,5 

Tobias,  Thomas  Jefferson,  Jr. 
(Rowena  Wilson) 

21  Gadsden  St. 

Charleston,  S.  C. 

David  Lopez 

Judith 

1,2,3,4,5 

Tuholske,  Mrs.  Joan  Magnus 
(Edward  J.) 

5528  Waterman  St. 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

1, 2,3,4 

Ullman,  Joseph  Lizar 

44  Fairway  Drive 
Birmingham,  Ala. 

Joyce  Lehman 

5 

Ullman,  Samuel 

Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

Sallie 

Doris 

5 

Ullman,  Samuel  II 

1503  Canal  St. 

Santa  Barbara,  Calif. 

5 

Weber,  Mrs.  Sally  Hendricks 
(Robert) 

2910  Q.  Street,  N.  W. 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Lynn 

Robin 

3 

Weichselbaum,  Dr.  William 
(Carrie  Kayton) 

115  E.  Gwinnett 

Savannah,  Ga. 

5 

Weichselbaum,  Dr.  William  Jr. 
(Mildred  Wolf) 

115  E.  Gwinnett 

Savannah,  Ga. 

5 

Weil,  Mrs.  Charlotte  Alexander 

(Roman  Lee) 

205  Lexington  Rd. 
Montgomery,  Ala. 

Roman  Lee,  Jr. 

Judith  Alexander 

Carol  Ann 

Kenneth  Cecil 

1,2,3,4,5 

One  hundred  forty-one 


Weill,  Mrs.  Catherine  5 

(Simpson  L.) 

55  De  Renne  Apt. 

Savannah,  Ga. 

Weill,  Louis,  Jr.  5 

(Selma  Feldman) 

220  14th  St.,  N.  E. 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

Robert  Jeffery 

Widen,  Mrs.  Rosalyn  Davega  2,3,4 

(Morton  M.) 

81  192nd  St., 

Jamaica,  L.  I.,  N.  Y, 

Morton  Davega 
Andrew  Davega 
Gerald  Davega 

Wilde,  Joan  England  1 

(Roger) 

187  Bartlett  Ave. 

Pittsfield,  Mass. 

Williams,  Mrs.  Adele  Moses  2,3,4 
(Donald  White) 

402  S.  11th  St. 

Rockford,  Colo. 

Rosalind 

Adele 

Marcia 

Wilson,  Mrs.  Kate  Mosler  1,2,3  4 

(A.  N.  Wilson) 

2208  Ann  Arbor  St. 

Pomona,  Calif. 

Nancy  Kate 
Steven  Mosler 


Wolf,  Harry  Frances  Schlesinger  1 

(Alan  Michael,  Sr.) 

4005  Carlisle  Avenue 
Baltimore,  Maryland 
Susan  Claire 
Ellen  Louise 
Alan  Michael,  Jr. 

Wolff,  Eleanor  Solomons  5 

125  East  48th  St.  or  City  Hall 
Savannah,  Ga. 

Wolff,  Mrs.  Adeline  Winthrop  Moses 

2,3,4 

(Samuel  Edwin  Wolff,  died  July’  4, 
1947) 

711  E.  46th  St. 

Savannah,  Ga. 

Jean 

Samuel  Edwin,  Jr. 

Adeline  Jr. 

Wolff,  Edwin  Lynn  2,3,4 

Doris  Selma  Friedman 
223  West  70th  St. 

New  York  23,  N.  Y. 

Zheutlin,  Mrs.  Joan  Szold  2,3,4,5 

(Morton) 

56  South  3rd  East  St. 

Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 


One  hundred  forty-two 


INDEX  FOR  ILLUSTRATIONS 


Page 

Alexander  Line  of  Descent  -  ^ 

Alexander  Sidur,  frontispiece  -  ^ 

Alexander  Abraham,  Sr.  -  ^ 

Mural:  Patriots  Beth  Elohim  - 

Mural:  Founding  of  Beth  Elohim  -  12, 

Alexander,  Aaron  -  20 

Moyamensing  Prison  -  22 

Atlanta  Rolling  Mills  -  22 

Gen.  Jno.  B.  Gordon  -  23 

“Reminiscences  of  the  Civil  War”  -  24 

“Constitution  and  Guerriere”  Musical  Score  -  28 

Alexander,  Julius  M.  -  24 

Manya  Zelmanovna  Klinitzkaya 

(Marian  Kline  Alexander)  -  40 

Rabbi  Solomon  B.  L.  Klinitzky  -  41 

Alexander,  Major  C.  A.,  Jr.  -  42 

Moses,  Isaiah,  Charleston  - 

U.  S.  Frigate  Constellation  - - -  ^2 

Abraham  Phillips,  Midshipman,  Records  of  - - -  64 

Abraham  Phillips,  Report  of  Death  -  66 

Rebecca  Phillips,  Mrs.  Isaiah  Moses  -  68 

Map,  N.  Y.  (1728)  Showing  Isaacks  Residence  and  Synagogue  -  74 

Newport  Synagogue,  Interior  - 

Jefferson’s  Report  on  Jacob  Isaack’s  Petition -  88 

Solomons  Brothers  - ^06 

Lt.  Simon  Michael  II  - U1 

Rebecca  Ella  Solomons,  (Mrs.  Julius  M.  Alexander)  - - - 113 

Israella  and  Rebecca  Solomons  - 114 

Rebecca’s  Granddaughters,  Esther,  Rebecca  and  Judith  - 114 

Marion,  Gen.  Francis  - 121 

Moses,  Major  Raphael  J.  - 129 


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GENEALOGICAL 


CHART 


Joseph  Raphael 

(1) 


Abraham  Alexander.  Sr. 
London,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
1743-1816 
(2) 


First  Wife — of  London 
Name  and  dates  unknown 


Emanuel  Aaron  van  Blitz 
Haarlem 
(7) 


Levi  Aaron  van  Blitz 
Amsterdam,  Black  Mingo,  S.  C. 
- 1792 
(8) 


Abraham  Alexander,  Jr.= 
London,  Charleston 
1771-1844 
(4) 


Ann  Sarah  Huguenin 
(2d  wife  of  A.  A.  Sr.,  No  issue) 
-1835  Charleston 
(3) 


Aaron  Alexander: 
son  of  Abraham  Alexander,  Jr. 
Charleston,  Atlanta 
1812-1876 
(5) 


=  Hannah  Aaron  van  Blitz 
Black  Mingo,  Charleston, 
Columbia,  S.  C. 
1789-1865 
(9) 


Abraham  Isaacks  of  Emden 
New  York 
1658  (7)  1743 
(15) 


Hannah 
New  York 
1745 
(16) 


Sampson  Meeres  or  Mears 
London 
1651  (?)-1711 
(19) 


Joy 

(20) 


Asher  Michael  de  Paul= 
New  York 
-1701 
(23) 


= Rebecca 
1653-1740 
New  York 
(24) 


Moses  Michael  = 
New  York,  Curacoa 
1676-1740 
(25) 


Judah  Mears  : 


London,  New  York,  Cap  Francois 
1692  (?)-1762 
(21) 


Jacob  lsaacks= 
New  York,  Newport 
1713  (?)-1798 
(17) 


Jacob  Phillips  r 


London,  San  Eustacius,  New 
York,  Ninety-Six,  Charleston 
(13) 


Isaiah  Moses= 


Julius  Mortimer  Alexander 
Athens,  Ga.,  Atlanta 
1844-1917 
(6) 


Henry  Aaron  Alexander 
Manya  Zelmanovna  Klinitszkaya 
(Marian  Kline) 

Atlanta 


Henry  Aaron  Alexander,  Jr. 
Patricia  Schoen 
Atlanta 


Bederkese.  near  Bremerhaven, 
Hanour.  Charleston 
1772-1857 
(10) 


Sarah  Moses 
Charleston,  Atlanta 
1813-1892 
(11) 


(Sisters) 


Cecilia  Moses  = 
Charleston,  Savannah 
1815-1882 
(12) 


;  Rebecca  Phillips 


Newport,  Charleston,  Savannah 
1792-1872 
(14) 


=  Hannah  Isaacks 
Newport,  Martinico 
-1798 
(18) 


Rebecca  Mears 
New  York 
(22) 


cJochebed  Michael 
New  York 
(27) 


- Haya  Hannah 

Curacoa,  New  York 
(26) 


Joseph  Stegg 
of  Mannheim 
(31) 


Eliezer  (Lizar)  Josephs 
Mannheim,  Georgetown 
1762-1827 
(32) 


Israel  Solomons= 


Amsterdam,  Georgetown.  S.  C. 
1770-1830 
(28) 


:  Abraham  Alexander  Solomons 
Georgetown,  Savannah 
1816-1899 
(29) 


=denotes  marriage 
-denotes  descent 


=  Rebecca  Ella  Solomons 
Charleston,  Savannah,  Atlanta 
1854-1938 
(30) 


Fle.annr  Joseph 
Georgetown,  Savannah 
1794-1850 
(33) 


Jacob  Judah 
Charleston 
(34) 


Sarah  Judith 
Charleston,  Georgetown 
1776-1820 
(35)